Lok Sabha Question No. 3240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Discontinuation of Flight Routes
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3240

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  12th March 2026 )

## DISCONTINUATION OF FLIGHT ROUTES

3240.    SMT MALA ROY Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  the  total  number  of  new  flight  routes  started  in  the  country during the last two years, route-wise; and
- (b) the details of the number of routes out of them discontinued due to lack of passengers, route-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister  of  State  in  the  Ministry  of  CIVIL  AVIATION            (Shri  Murlidhar Mohol)

(a) & (b): The state-wise connectivity of flight routes during the last two years is placed at Annexure.

Discontinuation of operation of any flight between cities in the country is purely a  commercial decision of the airlines, based on the economic and operational viability of the route and other associated factors.

With  the  repeal  of  the  Air  Corporations  Act  in  March,  1994,  the  Indian domestic  aviation  sector  was  deregulated.  Airlines  are  free  to  induct  capacity with any aircraft type and to select the markets and networks they wish to serve, subject  to  compliance  with  the  Route  Dispersal  Guidelines  (RDGs)  issued  by the Government, slot allocation by the respective airport operators, and approval of flight schedules by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

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## Annexure

## State Wise Air Connectivity - Summer Schedule 2025

| Sl. No.   | State &Union Territories   | Names of Cities Air linked                                                                                | No of Airports   |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| States    | States                     | States                                                                                                    | States           |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh             | Cuddapah, Kurnool, Rajamundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vizag,                                               | 6                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh          | Hollongi ,Pasighat, Tezu, Ziro,                                                                           | 4                |
| 3         | Assam                      | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar                                                            | 5                |
| 4         | Bihar                      | Darbhanga ,Gaya, Patna                                                                                    | 3                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh               | Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, , Raipur                                                                  | 4                |
| 6         | Delhi                      | Delhi                                                                                                     | 1                |
| 7         | Goa                        | Goa , Mopa (new Goa)                                                                                      | 2                |
| 8         | Gujarat                    | Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Hirasar, Jamnagar, Kandla, Keshod, Porbandar, Surat, Vadodara                 | 10               |
| 9         | Haryana                    | -                                                                                                         | 0                |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh           | Dharamshala, Kullu, Shimla                                                                                | 3                |
| 11        | Jharkhand                  | Deoghar, Jamshedpur, Ranchi                                                                               | 3                |
| 12        | Karnataka                  | Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Hubli, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Shivmoga, Vidyanagar                       | 9                |
| 13        | Kerala                     | Cochin, Kannur, Kozhikode, Trivandrum                                                                     | 4                |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh             | Bhopal, Datia, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khajurao, Rewa                                                  | 7                |
| 15        | Maharashtra                | Aurangabad, Gondia, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded , Nashik, Pune, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Solapur | 12               |
| 16        | Manipur                    | Imphal                                                                                                    | 1                |
| 17        | Meghalaya                  | Shillong                                                                                                  | 1                |
| 18        | Mizoram                    | Aizwal                                                                                                    | 1                |
| 19        | Nagaland                   | Dimapur                                                                                                   | 1                |
| 20        | Orissa                     | Bhubaneswar, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Utkela                                                        | 5                |
| 21        | Punjab                     | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana                                                                   | 4                |
| 22        | Rajasthan                  | Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Udaipur                                                  | 6                |
| 23        | Sikkim                     | Pakyong                                                                                                   | 1                |

| 24                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Trichy, Tuticorin,                                                                     | 6                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 25                                                        | Telangana                                                 | Hyderabad                                                                                                                   | 1                 |
| 26                                                        | Tripura                                                   | Agartala                                                                                                                    | 1                 |
| 27                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Agra, Ayodhya, Aligarh, Bareilly, Chitrakoot, Gorakhpur, Hindon, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Moradabad, Shravasti, Varanasi | 13                |
| 28                                                        | Uttarakhand                                               | Dehradun, Pant Nagar, Pithoragarh                                                                                           | 3                 |
| 29                                                        | West Bengal                                               | Bagdogra, CoochBehar, Durgapur, Kolkata                                                                                     | 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                                               | Pondicherry                                                                                                                 | 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                                                                   | 129               |

## State Wise Air Connectivity - Winter Schedule 2025

| Sl. No. State &Union Territories   | Sl. No. State &Union Territories   | Names of Cities Air linked                                                      | No of Airports   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| States                             | States                             | States                                                                          | States           |
| 1                                  | Andhra Pradesh                     | Cuddapah, Kurnool, Rajamundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vizag,                     | 6                |
| 2                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                  | Hollongi ,Pasighat, Tezu, Ziro,                                                 | 4                |
| 3                                  | Assam                              | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Rupsi                           | 6                |
| 4                                  | Bihar                              | Darbhanga ,Gaya, Patna, Purnia                                                  | 4                |
| 5                                  | Chhattisgarh                       | Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, , Raipur                                        | 4                |
| 6                                  | Delhi                              | Delhi                                                                           | 1                |
| 7                                  | Goa                                | Goa , Mopa (new Goa)                                                            | 2                |
| 8                                  | Gujarat                            | Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Hirasar, Jamnagar, Kandla, Keshod, Porbandar, Surat, Vadodara, | 9                |
| 9                                  | Haryana                            | Hisar                                                                           | 1                |

| 10                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          | Dharamshala, Kullu, Shimla                                                                                          | 3                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 11                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 | Deoghar, Jamshedpur, Ranchi                                                                                         | 3                 |
| 12                                                        | Karnataka                                                 | Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Hubli, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Shivmoga, Vidyanagar                                 | 9                 |
| 13                                                        | Kerala                                                    | Cochin, Kannur, Kozhikode, Trivandrum                                                                               | 4                 |
| 14                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                            | Bhopal, Datia, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khajurao, Rewa                                                            | 7                 |
| 15                                                        | Maharashtra                                               | Amravati, Aurangabad, Gondia, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded , Nashik, Pune, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Solapur | 13                |
| 16                                                        | Manipur                                                   | Imphal                                                                                                              | 1                 |
| 17                                                        | Meghalaya                                                 | Shillong                                                                                                            | 1                 |
| 18                                                        | Mizoram                                                   | Aizwal                                                                                                              | 1                 |
| 19                                                        | Nagaland                                                  | Dimapur                                                                                                             | 1                 |
| 20                                                        | Orissa                                                    | Bhubaneswar, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Utkela                                                                  | 5                 |
| 21                                                        | Punjab                                                    | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar                                                                                       | 3                 |
| 22                                                        | Rajasthan                                                 | Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Udaipur                                                            | 6                 |
| 23                                                        | Sikkim                                                    | -                                                                                                                   |                   |
| 24                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Trichy, Tuticorin,                                                             | 6                 |
| 25                                                        | Telangana                                                 | Hyderabad                                                                                                           | 1                 |
| 26                                                        | Tripura                                                   | Agartala                                                                                                            | 1                 |
| 27                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Agra, Ayodhya, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Hindon, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi                                    | 9                 |
| 28                                                        | Uttarakhand                                               | Dehradun, Pant Nagar, Pithoragarh                                                                                   | 3                 |
| 29                                                        | West Bengal                                               | Bagdogra, CoochBehar, Durgapur, Kolkata                                                                             | 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                                               | Pondicherry                                                                                                         | 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                                                           | 126               |

## State Wise Air Connectivity - Summer Schedule 2024

| 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, Hirasar, 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                     | 8                |
| 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, Gondia, Jalgaon | 11               |
| 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, Jalandhar                                                        | 4                |
| 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,Ayodhya, Prayagraj Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Varanasi,Kanpur, Hindon, Bareilly, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Aligarh, Moradabad, Shravasti | 14                |
| 28                                                        | Uttarakhand                                               | Dehradun, Pant Nagar, Pithoragarh                                                                                                  | 3                 |
| 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                                               | -                                                                                                                                  |                   |
| 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                                                                          | 125               |

## State Wise Air Connectivity - Winter Schedule 2024

| 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,           | 6                |

|                   |                   | Rupsi                                                                                                                              |                   |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 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, Hirasar, 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                                                         | 8                 |
| 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, Gondia, Jalgaon                                     | 11                |
| 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, Jalandhar                                                                                            | 4                 |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kishangarh                                                                           | 6                 |
| 23                | Sikkim            | -                                                                                                                                  |                   |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tuticorin, Salem                                                                             | 6                 |
| 25                | Telangana         | Hyderabad                                                                                                                          | 1                 |
| 26                | Tripura           | Agartala                                                                                                                           | 1                 |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra,Ayodhya, Prayagraj Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Varanasi,Kanpur, Hindon, Bareilly, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Aligarh, Moradabad, Shravasti | 14                |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun, Pant Nagar, Pithoragarh                                                                                                  | 3                 |
| 29                | West Bengal       | Bagdogra, Kolkata, Durgapur, CoochBehar                                                                                            | 4                 |
| Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories                                                                                                                  | Union Territories |
| 1                 | Andaman&          | Port Blair                                                                                                                         | 1                 |

|                                                           | Nicobar Islands                                           |                                                           |     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 2                                                         | Lakshadweep Islands                                       | Agatti                                                    | 1   |
| 3                                                         | Chandigarh                                                | Chandigarh                                                | 1   |
| 4                                                         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                       | -                                                         |     |
| 5                                                         | Daman &Diu                                                | Diu                                                       | 1   |
| 6                                                         | Puducherry                                                | Pondicherry                                               | 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 | 124 |