Lok Sabha Question No. 292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Domestic Air Cargo Terminals
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

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SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has identified airports for being developed as domestic air cargo terminals;
- (c) the number of airports and names of places in various States including Karnataka and Gujarat where these domestic air cargo terminals are developed; and being
- (b) if s0, the details thereof;
- (d) the time by which these terminals are likely to be developed, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. Airports Authority of India (AAD) has prepared & road-map for development of Common User Domestic Air Cargo facility in a phased manner wherever old/ redundant Passenger Terminal building are readiy available; subject to Cargo potential feasibility study: AAI has initially identified 24 airports for development of Common User Domestic Air Cargo Terminals (CUDCT) apart from already\_running facility at Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Island) namely Amritsar (Punjab); Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh); Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Srinagar (Jammu Kashmir), Ahmedabad (Gujarat); Surat (Gujarat)  Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Pune (Maharashtra), Goa (Goa), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu); Madurai (Tamil Nadu); Mangaluru (Karnataka), Trivandrum (Kerala), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Kolkata (West Bengal); Bagdogra (West Bengal), Bhubaneswar (Odissa); Ranchi (Jharkhand); Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Guwahati (Assam}

- (d): During the F.Y. 2013-14, CUDCTs at Coimbatore Airport (Tamil Nadu State) and Jaipur Airport (Rajasthan State) have been commissioned (02 nos ): During the FY 2014 -15 at Lucknow airport (U.P. State) ? outbound only commissioned (01 No.)  During the FY. 2015-16, CUDCTs at Chennai & Madurai Airports (Tamil Nadu State); Airport (Andhra Pradesh State), Mangaluru Airport (Karnataka State) , Amritsar Airport (Punjab State) (interim facility) and Bagdogra Airport (West Bengal State) have Vizag

Further, CUDCTs at Raipur Airport (Chhattisgarh State) , Indore Airport (Madhya Pradesh State), Ahmedabad Airport (Gujarat State) where O&M contract have already been awarded and CUDCTs at Aurangabad Airport (Maharashtra State), Kolkata

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED NO: : 292 (To be answered on the February 2016)

## DOMESTIC AIR CARGO TERMINALS

Airport (West Bengal State), Ranchi Airport (Jharkhand State), Bhubaneshwar Airport (Odissa State) and Goa Airport (Goa State) are scheduled to be commissioned during F.Y. 2015-16 (08 nos.)

At remaining 07 airports viz. Trivandrum Airport (Kerala State) , Guwahati Airport (Assam State), Surat Airport (Gujarat State), Pune Airport (Maharashtra State), Varanasi Airport (Uttar Pradesh State), Srinagar Airport (Jammu & Kashmir State) & Vijayawada Airport (Andhra Pradesh State) and other feasible airports, CUDCT facility wil be created and commissioned during the F.Y. 2016-17 after having carried out the cargo feasibility study.

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