Lok Sabha Question No. 917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Increase in Domestic Air Passengers
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 917

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7th December 2023 )

INCREASE IN DOMESTIC AIR PASSENGERS

917.    SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS

PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of airports built in view of the substantial increase in the number of domestic air passengers in the country during the last ten years, State and location-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  airports  operational  and  closed  at  present  out  of  said Airports along with the reasons therefor Airport-wise, especially the current status of the airport of Osmanabad (Dharshiv) parliamentary constituency;
- (c) whether many airport facilities are underutilized and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether permission has been given to private airlines to operate services from these airports and if not, the reasons for not granting the requisite permission;
- (e) the list of private aviation companies which have expressed willingness
- to operate their services from various airports in Maharashtra; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to allow private aviation companies to operate services from these airports and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  :  Details  of  airports  operationalised  after  2014  are  attached  as Annexure-A  and  the  details  of  Airports  presently  non-operational  are attached as Annexure-B;

Osmanabad  airport  in  Maharashtra  is  not  owned  by  the  Government  of India. The airport is available in the tentative list of unserved airports under the UDAN scheme. Till the completion of five rounds of bidding under UDAN, no valid bid connecting Osmanabad airport  has been received.

(c): No, sir.;

(d)  to  (f):    As  per  the  winter  schedule  2023,  118  cities  are  connected by scheduled  domestic  airlines.  These  cities  are  inter-connected  by  either direct or indirect flights as per the details at Annexure C.; With the repeal of the Air Corporation Act in March 1994, Indian domestic aviation  market  has  been  deregulated.  Airlines  are  free  to  to  select whatever markets and network they wish to service and operate across the country. It is up to the airlines to introduce air services to / from any airport in the country depending upon the traffic demand and their operational and commercial viability.

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## LIST OF AIRPORTS/HELIPORTS/WATER AERODROMES CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL AFTER 2014 (AS ON 15.09.2023)

| SL. NO.   | STATE / UT          | NAME OF AIRPORT            | AIRPORTOWNER              | AIRPORT OPERATOR                |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDHRAPRADESH       | KADAPA                     | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH      | KURNOOL                    | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 3         | ANDHRAPRADESH       | SRISATYASAI(PC)            | SAISATHYASAICENTRAL TRUST | SAISATHYASAICENTRAL TRUST       |
| 4         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | DONYI POLO (ITANAGAR)      | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 5         | ARUNACHALPRADESH    | PASSIGHAT(CE)              | INDIANAIRFORCE            | STATE                           |
| 6         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | TEZU                       | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 7         | ARUNACHALPRADESH    | ZIRO                       | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 8         | ASSAM               | LILABARI (NORTH LAKHIMPUR) | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 9         | ASSAM               | RUPSI                      | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 10        | ASSAM               | TEZPUR                     | INDIAN AIR FORCE          | AAI                             |
| 11        | BIHAR               | DARBHANGA                  | INDIANAIRFORCE            | AAI                             |
| 12        | CHHATTISGARH        | BILASPUR                   | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 13        | CHHATTISGARH        | JAGDALPUR                  | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 14        | CHHATTISGARH        | JSPL RAIGARH (PC)          | JINDALSTEEL&POWER LIMITED | JINDALSTEEL&POWER LIMITED       |
| 15        | DELHI (UT)          | ROHINI (H)                 | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 16        | DELHI (UT)          | SAFDARJUNG                 | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 17        | GOA                 | NEWGOA(MOPA)               | STATE                     | GMR                             |
| 18        | GUJARAT             | KANDLA                     | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 19        | GUJARAT             | KESHOD(JUNAGARH)           | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 20        | GUJARAT             | MUNDRA                     | PRIVATE                   | PRIVATE                         |
| 21        | GUJARAT             | RAJKOT(HIRASAR)            | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 22        | GUJARAT             | SABARMATI RIVER FRONT (WA) | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 23 24     | GUJARAT HARYANA     | STATUEOFUNITY(WA) HISAR    | STATE STATE               | STATE STATE                     |
| 25        | HIMACHALPRADESH     | MANDI(H)                   | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 26        | HIMACHALPRADESH     | RAMPUR(H)                  | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 27        | HIMACHALPRADESH     | SHIMLA                     | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 28        | JHARKHAND           | DEOGHAR                    | AAI                       | DAL                             |
| 29        | JHARKHAND           | JAMSHEDPUR                 | PRIVATE                   | PRIVATE                         |
| 30 31     | KARNATAKA           | BALDOTA KOPPAL (PC)        | MSPL LIMITED              | MSPLLIMITED HAL                 |
| 32        | KARNATAKA           | BENGALURU(HAL)             | HAL FORCE                 |                                 |
|           | KARNATAKA           | BIDAR                      | INDIAN AIR                | STATE                           |
| 33        | KARNATAKA           | JINDALVIJAYANAGAR          | PRIVATE                   | PRIVATE                         |
| 34 35     | KARNATAKA KARNATAKA | KALABURAGI                 | AAI                       | AAI STATE(KSIIDC)               |
|           |                     | SHIVAMOGGA                 | STATE                     |                                 |
| 36        | KERALA              | KANNUR (KIAL)              | JV                        | PRIVATE                         |
| 37        | MADHYAPRADESH       | BIRLAGRAM(PC)              | GRASIMINDUSTRIES LIMITED  | GRASIMINDUSTRIESLIMITED         |
| 38        | MAHARASHTRA         | AKOLA                      | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 39        | MAHARASHTRA         | GONDIA                     | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 40        | MAHARASHTRA         | JALGAON                    | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 41        | MAHARASHTRA         | JUHU                       | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 42        | MAHARASHTRA         | KOLHAPUR                   | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 43        | MAHARASHTRA         | NANDED                     | PRIVATE                   | PRIVATE                         |
| 44        | MAHARASHTRA         | NASIK (HAL OZAR)           | HAL                       | HAL                             |
| 45        | MAHARASHTRA         | SHIRDI                     | STATE                     | STATE                           |
| 46        | MAHARASHTRA         | SOLAPUR                    | AAI                       | AAI                             |
| 47        | MAHARASHTRA         | SINDHUDURG                 | PRIVATE                   | PRIVATE                         |
| 48        | ODISHA              | ANGUL (PC)                 | JINDALSTEEL&POWER LIMITED | JINDALSTEEL&POWER LIMITED STATE |
| 49 50     | ODISHA ODISHA       | JEYPORE                    | STATE                     |                                 |
|           |                     | JHARSUGUDA                 | AAI                       | AAI                             |

|   SL. NO. | STATE / UT     | NAME OF AIRPORT     | AIRPORTOWNER                           | AIRPORT OPERATOR                       |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        51 | ODISHA         | ROURKELA            | SAIL                                   | SAIL                                   |
|        52 | ODISHA         | UTKELA              | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        53 | PUDUCHERRY(UT) | PUDUCHERRY          | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        54 | PUNJAB         | ADAMPUR(JALANDHAR)  | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        55 | PUNJAB         | BEAS (PC)           | BEASSPECTRUINAERO PRIVATELIMITED       | BEASSPECTRUINAERO PRIVATELIMITED       |
|        56 | PUNJAB         | BHATINDA            | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        57 | PUNJAB         | PATHANKOT           | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        58 | RAJASTHAN      | BANASTHALI(PC)      | BANASTHALIVIDYAPITH GLIDING&FLYINGCLUB | BANASTHALIVIDYAPITH GLIDING&FLYINGCLUB |
|        59 | RAJASTHAN      | BIKANER             | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        60 | RAJASTHAN      | JAISALMER           | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        61 | RAJASTHAN      | KISHANGARH          | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        62 | RAJASTHAN      | KOTA                | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        63 | SIKKIM         | PAKYONG             | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        64 | TAMILNADU      | HOSUR(PC)           | TANEJAAEROSPACE AVIATION LTD.          | TANEJAAEROSPACE AVIATION LTD.          |
|        65 | TAMILNADU      | SALEM               | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        66 | TELANGANA      | HYDERABAD(BEGUMPET) | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        67 | UTTARPRADESH   | AYODHYA(FAIZABAD)   | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        68 | UTTARPRADESH   | BAREILLY            | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        69 | UTTARPRADESH   | HINDON              | INDIANAIRFORCE                         | AAI                                    |
|        70 | UTTARPRADESH   | KANPUR(CIVIL)       | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        71 | UTTARPRADESH   | KUSHINAGAR          | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        72 | UTTARPRADESH   | MEERUT              | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        73 | UTTARPRADESH   | MORADABAD           | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        74 | UTTARAKHAND    | ALMORAH(H)          | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        75 | UTTARAKHAND    | CHINYALISAUR(H)     | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        76 | UTTARAKHAND    | GAUCHER(H)          | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        77 | UTTARAKHAND    | HALDWANI(H)         | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        78 | UTTARAKHAND    | NEWTEHRI(H)         | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        79 | UTTARAKHAND    | PANTNAGAR           | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        80 | UTTARAKHAND    | PITHORAGARH         | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        81 | UTTARAKHAND    | SAHASTRADHARA(H)    | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        82 | UTTARAKHAND    | SRINAGAR(H)         | STATE                                  | STATE                                  |
|        83 | WESTBENGAL     | BEHALA              | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        84 | WESTBENGAL     | COOCHBEHAR          | AAI                                    | AAI                                    |
|        85 | WESTBENGAL     | DURGAPUR            | PRIVATE                                | PRIVATE                                |

## List of Airports/Heliports/Water-Aerodromes non-operational as of 01.12.23

|   S. N | Airport               | Last Date of Operation   | Reason for being non-operational   |
|--------|-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|      1 | Adampur               | 17.12.2021               | Development work ongoing           |
|      2 | Pathankot             | 28.02.2022               | No Airline filed to operate        |
|      3 | Nanded                | 28.02.2022               | Licence suspended                  |
|      4 | Hisar                 | 31.07.2021               | Development work ongoing           |
|      5 | Jalgaon               | 28.02.2022               | No Airline filed to operate        |
|      6 | Sabarmati river Front | 11.04. 2021              | No Airline filed to operate        |
|      7 | Statue of Unity       | 11.04. 2021              | No Airline filed to operate        |
|      8 | Bikaner               | 18.05.2023               | Operator yet to commence routes    |
|      9 | Haldwani(H)           | 28.01.2023               | Operator yet to commence routes    |
|     10 | Almora (H)            | 28.01.2023               | Operator yet to commence routes    |
|     11 | Pithoragarh           | 23.01.2023               | Operator yet to commence routes    |
|     12 | Jaisalmer             | 05.03.2023               | Seasonal airport                   |

## State Wise Air Connectivity - Winter Schedule 2023

| Sl. No.                                                   | State                                                     | Names of Cities Air linked                                                        | No of Airports    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| States                                                    | States                                                    | States                                                                            | States            |
| 1                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                            | Rajamundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vizag, Cuddapah, Kurnool                        | 6                 |
| 2                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         | Pasighat,Tezu, Ziro, Hollongi                                                     | 4                 |
| 3                                                         | Assam                                                     | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Tezpur, Rupsi                     | 7                 |
| 4                                                         | Bihar                                                     | Gaya, Patna, Darbhanga                                                            | 3                 |
| 5                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                              | Raipur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur                                                       | 3                 |
| 6                                                         | Delhi                                                     | Delhi                                                                             | 1                 |
| 7                                                         | Goa                                                       | Goa , Mopa (new Goa)                                                              | 2                 |
| 8                                                         | Gujarat                                                   | Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Kandla, Keshod, Bhavnagar     | 9                 |
| 9                                                         | Haryana                                                   | -                                                                                 | 0                 |
| 10                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          | Dharamshala, Kullu, Shimla                                                        | 3                 |
| 11                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 | Ranchi, Deoghar, Jamshedpur                                                       | 3                 |
| 12                                                        | Karnataka                                                 | Bangalore, Belgaum, Mangalore, Hubli,Vidyanagar, Mysore,Gulbarga, Shivmoga, Bidar | 9                 |
| 13                                                        | Kerala                                                    | Cochin, Trivandrum, Kannur, Kozhikode                                             | 4                 |
| 14                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                            | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khajurao                                       | 5                 |
| 15                                                        | Maharashtra                                               | Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur, Shirdi, Nanded, Sindhudurg     | 9                 |
| 16                                                        | Manipur                                                   | Imphal                                                                            | 1                 |
| 17                                                        | Meghalaya                                                 | Shillong                                                                          | 1                 |
| 18                                                        | Mizoram                                                   | Aizwal                                                                            | 1                 |
| 19                                                        | Nagaland                                                  | Dimapur                                                                           | 1                 |
| 20                                                        | Orissa                                                    | Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Jeypore, Utkela                                | 5                 |
| 21                                                        | Punjab                                                    | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ludhiana                                                      | 3                 |
| 22                                                        | Rajasthan                                                 | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kishangarh                          | 6                 |
| 23                                                        | Sikkim                                                    | Pakyong                                                                           | 1                 |
| 24                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tuticorin, Salem                            | 6                 |
| 25                                                        | Telangana                                                 | Hyderabad                                                                         | 1                 |
| 26                                                        | Tripura                                                   | Agartala                                                                          | 1                 |
| 27                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Agra, Prayagraj Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Varanasi,Kanpur, Hindon, Bareilly, Kushinagar | 9                 |
| 28                                                        | Uttaranchal                                               | Dehradun, Pant Nagar                                                              | 2                 |
| 29                                                        | West Bengal                                               | Bagdogra, Kolkata, Durgapur, CoochBehar                                           | 4                 |
| Union Territories                                         | Union Territories                                         | Union Territories                                                                 | Union Territories |
| 1                                                         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                 | Port Blair                                                                        | 1                 |
| 2                                                         | Lakshadweep Islands                                       | Agatti                                                                            | 1                 |
| 3                                                         | Chandigarh                                                | Chandigarh                                                                        | 1                 |
| 4                                                         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                      | -                                                                                 |                   |
| 5                                                         | Daman & Diu                                               | Diu                                                                               | 1                 |
| 6                                                         | Pondicherry                                               | Puducherry                                                                        | 1                 |
| 7                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | Jammu, Srinagar                                                                   | 2                 |
| 8                                                         | Ladakh                                                    | Leh,                                                                              | 1                 |
| Number of cities connected by Scheduled domestic carriers | Number of cities connected by Scheduled domestic carriers | Number of cities connected by Scheduled domestic carriers                         | 118               |