Lok Sabha Question No. 3637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Underserved Airports in Maharashtra
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3637

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  10th August 2023 )

## UNDERSERVED AIRPORTS IN MAHARASHTRA

3637.    SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  a  survey  to  identify unserved and underserved airports in the State of Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  State  Government  of  Maharashtra  has  signed  any agreement with Airports Authority of
- India (AAI) under the UDAN scheme during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  allotted  any  identified  routes  in Maharashtra to selected airline operators and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the routes connecting Maharashtra under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) operationalised during the last three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Nine  (09)  airports  namely  Kolhapur,  Jalgaon,  Solapur,  Amravati, Nanded, Nasik, Ratnagiri, Gondia and Sindhudurg have been identified in the state of Maharashtra for revival, to operate RCS flights under the UDAN scheme, out of which six(06) Airports namely Kolhapur, Jalgaon,

Nanded, Nasik, Gondia and Sindhudurg have been operationalised so far.; (b): The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Government of Maharastra  and  Airports  Authority  of  India  (AAI)  on  23  August  2016 signed a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for implementation of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).; (c) & (d): Under the UDAN scheme, 67 routes have been operationalised in Maharashtra so far. The list of routes connecting airports in Maharashtra operationalised during last

## three (03) years is at Annexure.

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## Routes operationalised under RCS - UDAN

|   S. N |   Round | Departure   | Arrival    | Operator     | Started on   |
|--------|---------|-------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|      1 |     2   | Mumbai      | Darbhanga  | Spicejet     | 08-11-2020   |
|      2 |     2   | Darbhanga   | Mumbai     | Spicejet     | 08-11-2020   |
|      3 |     2   | Nasik       | Hyderabad  | Spicejet     | 20-11-2020   |
|      4 |     2   | Hyderabad   | Nasik      | Spicejet     | 20-11-2020   |
|      5 |     3   | Mumbai      | Adampur    | Spicejet     | 25-11-2020   |
|      6 |     3   | Adampur     | Mumbai     | Spicejet     | 25-11-2020   |
|      7 |     3   | Nasik       | Belgaum    | Ghodawat     | 25-01-2021   |
|      8 |     3   | Belgaum     | Nasik      | Ghodawat     | 25-01-2021   |
|      9 |     3.1 | Mumbai      | Sindhudurg | Alliance Air | 09-10-2021   |
|     10 |     3.1 | Sindhudurg  | Mumbai     | Alliance Air | 09-10-2021   |
|     11 |     4   | Gondia      | Hyderabad  | Big Charter  | 13-03-2022   |
|     12 |     4   | Hyderabad   | Gondia     | Big Charter  | 13-03-2022   |
|     13 |     4   | Gondia      | Indore     | Big Charter  | 13-03-2022   |
|     14 |     4   | Indore      | Gondia     | Big Charter  | 13-03-2022   |
|     15 |     3   | Mumbai      | Keshod     | Alliance Air | 16-04-2022   |
|     16 |     3   | Keshod      | Mumbai     | Alliance Air | 16-04-2022   |
|     17 |     3   | Nagpur      | Belgaum    | Ghodawat     | 16-04-2022   |
|     18 |     3   | Belgaum     | Nagpur     | Ghodawat     | 16-04-2022   |
|     19 |     3   | Pune        | Bhavnagar  | Spicejet     | 05-05-2022   |
|     20 |     3   | Bhavnagar   | Pune       | Spicejet     | 05-05-2022   |
|     21 |     3   | Kolhapur    | Mumbai     | Ghodawat     | 04-10-2022   |
|     22 |     3   | Mumbai      | Kolhapur   | Ghodawat     | 04-10-2022   |

## Annexure