Lok Sabha Question No. 262 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Idle Aeroplanes at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

Lok Sabha

STARRED QUESTION NO. : 262

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  21st December 2023 )

## IDLE AEROPLANES AT AIRPORTS

262.    DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is true that many aeroplanes are lying idle for many years  at  various  airports  across  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the total number of planes lying idle at the airports as on date, airport and airline-wise;
- (c) whether Airports Authority of India proposes to take necessary action  to  remove  these  unused  aircrafts  from  the  airports  and recover the due amount from the concerned airline(s); and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Starred  (*)  Question  No.262  for  answer  on  21.12.2023 regarding 'Idle Aeroplanes at Airports'.  (a) & (b): The data regarding  aeroplanes  lying  idle  at  various  airports  as received from Airport Operators is at Annexure.;;  (c) & (d): 29  numbers  of  aeroplanes  are  lying  idle  at  the  airports owned and managed by Airports Authority of India (AAI). AAI  follows  up  with  the  airlines  regularly  for  disposal  of their idle aircraft.  AAI  has  a  Security  Deposit/  Bank Guarantee of around Rs. 730 crore against these aircrafts.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 262 for 21.12.2023

## Annexure

| S.No.   | Airport     | Airlines                     | Number of Aeroplanes lying idle at Airports   | Total   |
|---------|-------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1       | Ahmedabad   | Go Air                       | 1                                             | 1       |
| 2       | Bengaluru   | Indigo                       | 17                                            | 27      |
| 2       | Bengaluru   | Spicejet                     | 1                                             | 27      |
| 2       | Bengaluru   | Go Air                       | 9                                             | 27      |
| 3       | Bhubaneswar | Air Odhisha                  | 1                                             | 1       |
| 4       | Chennai     | Indigo                       | 1                                             | 20      |
| 4       | Chennai     | Spicejet                     | 17                                            | 20      |
| 4       | Chennai     | Trujet                       | 1                                             | 20      |
| 4       | Chennai     | Kunal Air Charters           | 1                                             | 20      |
| 5       | Cochin      | Go Air                       | 1                                             | 1       |
| 8       | Delhi       | Go Air                       | 23                                            |         |
| 8       | Delhi       | Air India                    | 2                                             |         |
| 8       | Delhi       | Spicejet                     | 6                                             |         |
| 8       | Delhi       | Jet Airways                  | 3                                             | 64      |
| 8       | Delhi       | Alliance Air                 | 1                                             |         |
| 8       | Delhi       | Zoom Air                     | 5                                             |         |
| 8       | Delhi       | Indigo                       | 24                                            |         |
| 7       | Goa (Mopa)  | Go Air                       | 1                                             | 1       |
|         | Hyderabad   | Indigo                       | 1                                             | 4       |
|         | Hyderabad   | Spicejet                     | 1                                             | 4       |
|         | Hyderabad   | Go Air                       | 2                                             | 4       |
| 9       | Jaipur      | Supreme Airline              | 1                                             | 3       |
| 9       | Jaipur      | Pinnacle air Bhushan airways | 1 1                                           | 3       |
| 10      | Juhu        | Cama Aviation                | 3                                             | 3       |
| 11      | Kolkata     | Alliance Air                 | 2                                             | 4       |
| 11      | Kolkata     | Dhillion Aviation            | 1                                             | 4       |
| 11      | Kolkata     | Unknown                      | 1                                             | 4       |
| 12      | Kannur      | Go Air                       | 5                                             | 5       |
| 13      | Mumbai      | Go Air                       | 9                                             | 24      |
| 13      | Mumbai      | Air India                    | 4                                             | 24      |
| 13      | Mumbai      | Spicejet                     | 1                                             | 24      |
| 13      | Mumbai      | Jet Airways                  | 6                                             | 24      |
| 13      | Mumbai      | General Aviation             | 4                                             | 24      |

| 14    | Nagpur   | Abhijeet group/ pathbreaking project   | 1     |     |
|-------|----------|----------------------------------------|-------|-----|
| 14    | Nagpur   | Continental Aviation                   | 1     | 5   |
| 14    | Nagpur   | Go Air                                 | 2     |     |
| 14    | Nagpur   | Indigo                                 | 1     |     |
| 15    | Raipur   | United Airways                         | 1     | 1   |
| Total | Total    | Total                                  | Total | 164 |