Lok Sabha Question No. 147 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Bathinda-Delhi-Bathinda Flights
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the Ilth February 2021)

STARRED QUESTION NO. : 147

## BATHINDA-DELHI-BATHINDA FLIGHTS

## *147. SHRIMATI HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether domestic\_flights have started operating to almost 80% destinations after the COVID-19 lockdown and if $0, the details thereof; (b) the time by which the Government proposes to give permission for operation of Bathinda-Delhi-Bathinda flights; and
- (c) whether Air India has been allowed to begin operations to Bathinda and if SO, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the table of the House:

Statement referred i reply to Part () to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question to be answered on 11.02.2021.

- (a) Sir; Prior to COVID-19 lockdown; scheduled flights were operating at at 94% of the destinations vis-a-vis pre-COVID operations  The list 0f airports where scheduled flights operated pre-COVID and where scheduled flights are operated at present; is at Annexure Yes; during being
- flights per week on Bathinda-Delhi-Bathinda sector under RCS-UDAN Scheme Post resumption % scheduled domestic flight operations in 2 Bathinda-Delhi-Bathinda route;
- (c) At present; Alliance Air is unable to operate flights o Bathinda-DelhiBathinda route as 3 years VGF support under RCS-UDAN was applicable only upto April, 2020 and the route is no more commercially viable due to limited passenger and low yields 0 this route in absence of subsidy support:

In reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred QNo: 147 to be answered on 11.02.2021 regarding "BathindaDelhi-Bathinda Flights"

## currently

| S No.   | AIRPORT                     | Operational   | Operational   | S.   | AIRPORT              | Operational   | Operational   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------|---------------|------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
| S No.   | AIRPORT                     | Pre - COVID   | Currently     | No:  | AIRPORT              | Pre- COVID    | Currently     |
|         | Adampur                     | Yes           | Yes           | 41   | Hyderabad            | Yes           | Yes           |
| 2       | Agartala                    | Yes           | Yes           | 42   | Imphal               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 3       | Agatti                      | Yes           | No            | 43   | Indore               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 4       | Agra                        | Yes           | Yes           | 44   | Jabalpur             | Yes           | Yes           |
| 5       | Ahmedabad                   | Yes           | Yes           | 45   | Jagdalpurt           | No            | Yes           |
| 6       | Aizwal                      | Yes           | Yes           | 46   | Jaipur               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 7       | Allahabad                   | Yes           | Yes           | 47   | Jaisalmer            | Yes           | Yes           |
| 8       | Amritsar                    | Yes           | Yes           | 48   | Jalgaon              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 9       | Aurangabad                  | Yes           | Yes           | 49   | Jammu                | Yes           | Yes           |
| 10      | Bagdogra                    | Yes           | Yes           | 50   | Jamnagar             | Yes           | Yes           |
| 11      | Bangalore                   | Yes           | Yes           | 51   | Jharsuguda           | Yes           | Yes           |
| 12      | Bathinda                    | Yes           | No            | 52   | Jodhpur              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 13      | Belgaum                     | Yes           | Yes           | 53   | Jorhat               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 14      | Bhavnagar                   | Yes           | Yes           | 54   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) | Yes           | Yes           |
| 15      | Bhopal                      | Yes           | Yes           | 55   | Kandla               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 16      | Bhubaneshwar                | Yes           | Yes           | 56   | Kannur               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 17      | Bhuj                        | Yes           | Yes           | 57   | Kanpur (Chakeri)     | Yes           | Yes           |
| 18      | Bidar                       | Yes           | Yes           | 58   | Khajuraho            | Yes           | No            |
| 19      | Bikaner                     | Yes           | Yes           | 59   | Kishangarh           | Yes           | Yes           |
| 20      | Calicut                     | Yes           | Yes           | 80   | Kolhapur             | Yes           | Yes           |
| 21      | Chandigarh                  | Yes           | Yes           | 61   | Kolkata              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 22      | Chennai                     | Yes           | Yes           | 62   | Kullu                | Yes           | Yes           |
|         | Cochin                      | Yes           | Yes           | 63   | Leh                  | Yes           | Yes           |
| 24      | Coimbatore                  | Yes           | Yes           | 64   | Lilabari             | Yes           | Yes           |
| 25      | Cuddapah                    | Yes           | Yes           | 65   | Lucknow              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 26      | Darbhanga**                 | No            | Yes           | 66   | Ludhiana             | Yes           | Yes           |
|         | Dehradun                    | Yes           | Yes           | 67   | Madurai              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 28      | Delhi                       | Yes           | Yes           | 68   | Mangalore            | Yes           | Yes           |
| 29      | Dharamshala (Gaggal_Kangra) | Yes           | Yes           | 69   | Mumbai               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 30      | Dibrugarh                   | Yes           | Yes           | 70   | Mundra               | Yes           | No            |
| 31      | Dimapur                     | Yes           | Yes           | 71   | Mysore               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 32      | Diu                         | Yes           | Yes           | 72   | Nagpur               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 33      | Durgapur                    | Yes           | Yes           | 73   | Nanded               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 34      | Gaya                        | Yes           | Yes           | 74   | Nashik               | Yes           | Yes           |
| 35      | Goa                         | Yes           | Yes           | 75   | Pakyong              | Yes           | Yes           |
| 36      | Gorakhpur                   | Yes           | Yes           | 76   | Pantnagar            | Yes           | Yes           |
| 37      | Guwahati                    | Yes           | Yes           | 77   | Passighat_           | Yes           | Yes           |
| 38      | Gwalior                     | Yes           | Yes           | 78   | Pathankot            | Yes           | Yes           |
| 39      | Hindon                      | Yes           | Yes           | 79   | Patna                | Yes           | Yes           |
| 40      | Hubli                       | Yes           | Yes           | 80   | Pithoragarh          | Yes           | No            |

| 81   | Porbandar   | Yes   | Yes   | 95   | Surat          | Yes   | Yes   |
|------|-------------|-------|-------|------|----------------|-------|-------|
|      | Portblair   | Yes   | Yes   | 96   | Tezpur         | Yes   | Yes   |
| 83   | Puducherry  | Yes   | No    | 97   | Thoise         | Yes   | No    |
| 84   | Pune        | Yes   | Yes   | 98   | Tiruchirapalli | Yes   | Yes   |
| 85   | Raipur      | Yes   | Yes   | 99   | Tirupathi      | Yes   | Yes   |
| 86   | Rajahmundry | Yes   | Yes   | 100  | Trivandrum     | Yes   | Yes   |
| 87   | Rajkot      | Yes   | Yes   | 101  | Tuticorin      | Yes   | Yes   |
| 88   | Ranchi      | Yes   | Yes   | 102  | Udaipur        | Yes   | Yes   |
| 89   | Salem       | Yes   | Yes   | 103  | Vadodara       | Yes   | Yes   |
| 90   | Shillong    | Yes   | Yes   | 104  | Varanasi       | Yes   | Yes   |
| 91   | Shimla      | Yes   | No    | 105  | Vidyanagar     | Yes   | Yes   |
| 92   | Shirdi      | Yes   | Yes   | 106  | Vijaywada      | Yes   | Yes   |
| 93   | Silchar     | Yes   | Yes   | 107  | Vizag          | Yes   | Yes   |
| 94   | Srinagar    | Yes   | Yes   |      |                |       |       |