Lok Sabha Question No. 159 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Flights to Tirupati under UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy, Chandra Sekhar Bellana

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## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 159

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

(To be answered on the February 2021) I1th

## FLIGHTS TO TIRUPATI UNDER UDAN SCHEME

SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA

## Will the Minister: of CIVIL AVIATION

- b) if s0, the details thereof;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has Iaunched any flights to Tirupati under the UDAN scheme;
- (c) the number of flights operated in the State of Andhra Pradesh under the said scheme; till date; being
- to the State of Andhra Pradesh; and

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

- (d) whether the Government is planning on allocating new routes thereunder
- (e) if sO, the details thereof?

## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 159 REGARDING "FLIGHTS TO TIRUPATI UNDER UDAN SCHEME" TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021.

- Kalaburgi which were awarded under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), have already been operationalized:
- (c): Details of UDAN flights connecting airports in Andhra Pradesh operationalized under UDAN So are attached as Annexure-A\_ far,
- (d) and (e): Airports Authority of India (AAD); the Implementing Agency has recently conducted 4th round of bidding under UDAN. Routes connecting unserved Kurnool airport to Vishakapatnam; Bengaluru and Chennai have been awarded recently by the Implementing Agency in Phase II of round 4.0.

## (Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No 159 for answer on 11.02.2021.)

## UDAN flights operationalized under UDAN scheme in Andhra Pradesh

| Round   | Fixed-wing Melicopterl Sea Plane   | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   | Started on   | Remark      |
|---------|------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------|
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Kadapa              | Chennai           | 16-11-2017   |             |
|         |                                    | Chennai             |                   | 16-11-2017   |             |
|         |                                    | Kadapa              | Hyderabad         | 27-04-2017   |             |
|         |                                    | Hyderabad           | Kadapa            | 27-04-2017   |             |
|         |                                    | Kadapa              | Vijayawada        | 01-03-2018   |             |
|         |                                    | Vijayawada          | Kadapa            | 01-03-2018   |             |
|         |                                    | Vizag               | Jagdalpur         | 20-06-2018   | Cancelled   |
|         |                                    | Jagdalpur           | Vizag             | 20-06-2018   | Cancelled   |
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Tirupati            | Hubli             | 25-01-2019   |             |
|         |                                    | Hubli               | Tirupati          | 25-01-2019   |             |
|         |                                    | Tirupati            | Kolhapur          | 12-05-2019   |             |
|         |                                    | Kolhapur            | Tirupati          | 12-05-2019   |             |
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Kadapa              | Belgaum           | 01-03-2020   |             |
|         |                                    | Belgaum             | Kadapa            | 01-03-2020   |             |
|         |                                    | Tirupati            | Belgaum           | 17-01-2020   |             |
|         |                                    | Belgaum             | Tirupati          | 17-01-2020   |             |
|         |                                    | Tirupati            | Kalaburgi         | 11-01-2021   |             |
|         |                                    | Kalaburgi           | Tirupati          | 11-01-2021   |             |
|         |                                    | Rajahmundry         | Vizag             | 15-09-2019   | Tourlsm RCS |
|         |                                    | Vizag               | Rajahmundry       | 15-09-2019   | Tourism RCS |