Lok Sabha Question No. 748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Air Service to Rourkela
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Jual Oram

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 8 748

(To be answered on the July 2022) 21st

## AIR SERVICE TO ROURKELA

748.

SHRI JUAL ORAM

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government proposes to upgrade some air strips in different States and develop them as full-fledged airports
- () whether the Government\_proposes to introduce the air services to Rourkela and if s0, the detaiis thereof; and
- (6) if so, the details of airstrips selected thereof;
- () the time by which the said flight connectivity would be started and the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(a) to (d): Ministry %f Civil Aviation has launched Region3l Connectivity air connectivity from unserved and underserved airports in the making air travel affordable to the masses  UDAN is : market doiven Scheme Interested airlines based on their assessment Of demand 0 the awarded routes of RCS UDAN and requires upgradation/development fo€ commencement of RCS operations; is developed under "Revival ef to are attached as Annexure:

flights connecting Rourkela with Kolkata & Bhubaneshwar: Accordieglyenthis airport was developed for Code 2B operations and licensed: Subsequently, cancelled due to non compliance with Selected Airline the said routes were SAOs AAI (Airports Authority of India) Operator (SAO) Agreement by the connecting Rourkela and the Bhubaneshwar in third round Of bidding under Bhubaneshwar-Rourkela SAO has informed that they are ready to operate\_ to Rourkela Airport

for Rourkela Airport under UDAN are obligated to SAOs including RCS-route within a of six commence RCS flight operations on a within two months from the months from the issuance of Letter of Award or is by the readiness Ofairport; whichever is later, unless any extension Implementing Agency: period granted

## State wise list of airportsl heliports proposed for revival and Operationalisation in 2022-2023

| No   | States/ UTs       | AirportsMHeliports   |
|------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1    | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar (H);        |
| 2_   | Arunachal Pradesh | Ziro (H)             |
| 3    | Gujarat           | Keshod               |
| 4_   | Himachal Pradesh  | Baddi(H)             |
| 5.   | Himachal Pradesh  | Sanjoli Shimla       |
| 6.   | Jharkhand         | Deoghar              |
| 7    | Jharkhand         | Jamshedpur           |
| 8    | Jharkhand         | Bokaro               |
| 9    | Manipur           | Jiribam(H)           |
| 10_  | Odisha            | Rourkela             |
| 11_  | Odisha            | Jeypore              |
| 12.  | Odisha            | Utkela               |
| 13.  | Tamilnadu         | Neyveli              |
| 14_  | Uttarakhand       | Almora               |
| 15.  | Uttar Pradesh     | Aligarh              |
| 16   | Uttar Pradesh     | Azamgarh             |
| 17 . | Uttar Pradesh     | Chitrakoot           |
| 18_  | Uttar Pradesh     | Shravasti            |
| 19.  | Uttar Pradesh     | Moradabad            |
| 20_  | West Bengal       | Cooch Behar          |