Lok Sabha Question No. 2634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Growth in Aviation Sector
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2634

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  16th March 2023 )

## GROWTH IN AVIATION SECTOR

2634.     MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  the  growth  registered  in  aviation  sector  in  West
- Bengal and Maharashtra especially during the last five years;
- (b)  whether  Airports  Authority  of  India  (AAI)  had  conducted  any study to identify the expected growth during the last five years in the  country  in  general  and  West  Bengal  and  Maharashtra  in particular;
- (c)  the  number  of  Flight  Training  Centres  in  West  Bengal  and Maharashtra;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of Flight Training Programme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION      (Shri Jyotiraditya M&#46; Scindia)

- (a)  The  details  of  growth  registered  in  Aviation  sector  in  West Bengal and Maharashtra is at Annexure 1.;

;

- (b)  As  per  Airports  Authority  of  India  (AAI),  growth  of  AAI  airports expected in last 5 years is as follows:-;

;

Year                     Passenger Traffic (In Millions);

2018-19;                              223.62

2019-20;                              357.14

2020-21;                              396.37 2021-22;                              440.07 2022-23                              473.69 ; (c) Currently, there are 08 Flying Training Centres in Maharashtra. ; Currently, there are no Flying Training Centres in West Bengal; ; (d)  and  (e)  In  order  to  set  up  more  flying  training  institutes  in  the country, in 2021, after a competitive bidding process, AAI awarded nine  FTO  slots  at  five  airports  at  Belagavi  (Karnataka),  Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) and Lilabari (Assam).; In  June  2022,  under  second  round  of  bidding,  six  FTO  slots  were awarded  by  AAI  at  five  airports  namely:  two  slots  at  Bhavnagar (Gujarat),  and  one  each  at  Hubballi  (Karnataka),  Kadappa  (Andhra Pradesh), Kishangarh (Rajasthan) and Salem (Tamil Nadu).

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ANNEXURE 1

ANNEXURE FOR LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2634 FOR

| State        | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | % Cha nge wrt 2018 -19   | 2019- 20   | % Cha nge wrt 2019 -20   | 2020- 21   | % Cha nge wrt 2020 -21   | 2021- 22   | % Cha nge wrt 2021 -22   | 2022- 23 (April - Janu ary 2023)   |
|--------------|------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
| West Bengal  | 221536 69  | 24822 041  | 12%                      | 25403 186  | 2%                       | 92887 85   | - 63%                    | 13266 139  | 43%                      | 1715 7567                          |
| Maharash tra | 594467 38  | 61593 358  | 4%                       | 58480 550  | -5%                      | 14620 923  | - 75%                    | 27777 367  | 90%                      | 4545 2910                          |

ANSWER ON 16.03.2023

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