Lok Sabha Question No. 116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Recarpeting of Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 116 (To be answered on the 2 nd  February 2023)

## RECARPETING OF AIRPORT

## 116. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has data regarding the time taken for recarpeting of various airports in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has observed that recarpeting time for Calicut international airport is much higher than other airports of our country and if so, the steps taken to
- expedite the same; (c) the details of steps/measures taken to ensure that runway recarpeting at Calicut international airport does not affect the normal airline operations at the airport; (d) whether the runway recarpeting can affect various international airline operations to Calicut and if so, the steps taken to minimise the difficulties faced by commuters; and
- (e) whether there has been an increase in the aviation security fees at airports across the country and if so, the steps taken to ensure that such increase does not affect the airline fare across the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

(a): The time taken for recarpeting of major runway works during the last 5 years is attached as Annexure.

(b): As per Airports Authority of India (AAI) Works Manual, the time period for resurfacing works costing more than Rs.15 crore is generally 13 to 18 months. The resurfacing works at Calicut Airport have already commenced and it is likely to be completed within 11 months.

(c) & (d): In order to minimize the difficulties faced by the passengers and to mitigate the impact of recarpeting work on flight operations, the work has been planned from 10:00 Hrs. to 18:00 Hrs. IST. Accordingly, Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has been issued for execution of the said work. No flights have been cancelled on account of runway resurfacing work but the flight have been rescheduled.

(e): The last revised Aviation Security Fee (ASF) was implemented from 01st  April, 2021. Further, ASF is a separate component of airline fare.

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## Major Runway Re-carpeting  works completed during last five years w.e.f. 2017 -18

|   S. No. | State          | Airport     | Name of project                                                                                                                                                                             | Date of Start   | Date of Completion   |   Time taken for completion of work (In Months) |
|----------|----------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Bihar          | Gaya        | Re-carpeting of Runway, Taxiway& Apron and allied work at Gaya Airport, Gaya.                                                                                                               | Apr-16          | Jun-17               |                                           14.5  |
|        2 | Kerala         | Trivandrum  | Resurfacing and strengthening of runway and taxiways                                                                                                                                        | Nov-15          | Oct-17               |                                           22.9  |
|        3 | West Bengal    | Kolkata     | Stengthening of main Runway 19L / 01R at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata . SH: Resurfacing of main runway 01R/19L i/c provision of CAT III                                                           | Aug-15          | Feb-18               |                                           30.9  |
|        4 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal      | Recarpeting of runway 12-30, Taxiway and allied area at Raja Bhoj Airport, Bhopal                                                                                                           | Aug-16          | Mar-18               |                                           19.97 |
|        5 | Gujarat        | Surat       | Recarpeting / Strengthening and extension of runway 04/22 at Surat Airport, Surat                                                                                                           | Jul-15          | Jun-18               |                                           35.2  |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | Extension of Runway and Strengthening / Resurfacing of Existing Runway along with Construction of Isolation Bay, Pavement against Blast&RESA and other allied works at Rajahmundry Airport. | Aug-16          | Jan-19               |                                           30.37 |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh  | Lucknow     | Recarpeting of Runway at CCSI Airport.                                                                                                                                                      | Mar-17          | Feb-19               |                                           23.03 |
|        8 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijaywada   | Extention and strengthening of Runway at Vijaywada Airport                                                                                                                                  | Feb-17          | May-19               |                                           27.67 |
|        9 | Manipur        | Imphal      | Strengthening and re-carpeting of runway &Major repair of taxiway.                                                                                                                          | Apr-17          | May-19               |                                           26.17 |

|   10 | Rajasthan      | Jaipur   | Grade correction of existing runway 09- 27 at Jaipur International Airport                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Feb-20   | Sep-20   |   7.70 |
|------|----------------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|--------|
|   11 | Gujarat        | Diu      | Extension of Runway, Resurfacing of Runway &Taxiway, C/o Isolation Bay                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Jul-17   | Jun-21   |  48.37 |
|   12 | Nagaland       | Dimapur  | Strengthening of Runway, taxiway& apron i/c construction of isolation bay with link taxiway at Dimapur Airport.                                                                                                                                                                         | Dec-17   | Aug-21   |  45.4  |
|   13 | Tamil Nadu     | Trichy   | Re-Surfacing of Existing Runway 09-27 and associated works at Trichy international Airport, Trichy                                                                                                                                                                                      | Nov-19   | Nov-21   |  24.1  |
|   14 | Jharkhand      | Ranchi   | Resurfacing of Runway                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Nov-19   | Feb-22   |  27.6  |
|   15 | Tamil Nadu     | Madurai  | Re-Surfacing of Existing Runway 09/27 for code 'C' type of Aircraft and Associated works at Madurai Airport.                                                                                                                                                                            | Aug-20   | May-22   |  21.37 |
|   16 | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa   | Extension &Strengthening of Existing Runway, Taxiway and Apron along with construction of Isolation Bay, Pavement against Blast Erosion, RESA and Perimeter Road, Grading of Strips etc. at Kadapa Airport for Operation of Code-C Type of Aircraft (A-320) including Electrical works. | Sep-17   | Jun-22   |  58.2  |
|   17 | Maharashtra    | Kolhapur | Extension &Strengthning of Runway, Apron &assoc. work at Kolhapur Airport.                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Aug-18   | Jul-22   |  48.03 |
|   18 | Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati | Extension of runway alongwith strengthening of existing runway, apron and provision of RESA and associated works for Code E type of aircraft at Tirupati Airport.                                                                                                                       | Aug-18   | Aug-22   |  48.87 |
|   19 | Uttarakhand    | Dehradun | Strengthening of Runway &taxiway, construction of emergency exit road and associated works                                                                                                                                                                                              | Aug-19   | Oct-22   |  37.8  |