Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Air India Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 8 1964 (To be answered 0n the July 2016) 28th

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1964.

SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Air India proposes to expand its regional reach to connect new cities;
- three years and the current year, year wise;
- (c) the proposals from the State Governments received by the National carrier therein; and
- (d) the details of present status of new airports started during the last three years and the forthcoming plan proposals of Government therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam: The details of new connectivity started by Air India during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-I
- (c): The details of proposals received from the State Governments is at Annexure-II.
- (d): During the last three years, Durgapur Airport; West Bengal has been operationalized; The construction %f new airport at Pakyong in Sikkim has also progressed to 4 considerable extent for operationalized by September 2017. Request for Proposal for two major airport projects in the country, one at Navi Mumbai; Maharashtra and another at Goa have been issued. being Mopa,

Government %f India grants site clearance followed by 'in principle approval' and acts as facilitator/coordinator with various Departments to ensure that project is Rot delayed; In last three years, in principle approval has been given for construction of green field airports at Dholera, Gujarat; and site clearances given for constructing green field airports at Dagaderthi in Nellore the state of Andhra Pradesh and Kotkasim Tehsil in Alwar Distt,, Rajasthan.

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|   Year | New Air Connectivity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2013 | non-stop services on  Delhi-Indore and VV route Schedule 2013. with   effect  Summer Daily non-stop services on Mumbai-Bhopal and vv Schedule 2013 route with effect Summer New link  between   Goa-Srinagar & Summer Schedule 2013 Mumbai-Srinagar with   effect Bangalore/Kochi/Bangalore W.e.f. Olst 2013 _ 3 times Dehradun/Lucknow/Dehradun per week (ATR42) 2013 4 times per week (CRJ) 2013 6 times per week (ATR42) 2013 Daily (ATR42) Mumbai/Allahabad Mumbai per week (ATR42) We.f O9th   September 2013 4 times (CRJ) per  week Mumbai/ Agra/Mumbai w.e.f. O9th September 2013 2 times Mumbai/GwaliorMMumbai per week (CRJ) Daily city pair May May May May |
|   2014 | September 2013 2 times Delhi-Vadodara vv route with effect from g7 per week (CRJ) January, 2014- 2014 4 times per week: w.e.f. Olst August 2014 3 times per week August 2014 4 times per week Delhi Pantnagar/Delhi We.€_[4th October 20[4 Daily. May                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   2015 | 4 times Direct per week daily flight on Delhi-Vijayawada Vv route in the year 2015. Delhi-Surat-Delhi from [s Oct 2015. Introduced daily on Mumbai-Calicut St November; 2015. VV route with effect from Varanasi-Bhubaneswar & Vv from 8 20 {5. Kolkata-Durgapur-Delhi and VV 22 2015. Delhi/Rajkot Delhi we f 23rd February 2015 Mumbai/DiuMumbai we€ 2Sth October 2015 4 times per week Hyderabad/Vijayawada Vizag 4 week times per thNov' ndDec' from Daily.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   2016 | 3 times Mumbai/Gwalior/Mumbai per week We.f_2Sth December 2015 3 times per week Bengaluru-Trivandrum-Bengaluru from March, 2016. 6 times Kolkata/ Agartala Kolkata per week w.e.f: Olst April 2016 Delhi/Jammu/Delhi w.e.f: 07th April 2016 _ 3 times per week Mumbai/Bhavnagar/Mumbai w.e.f: ZIst April 2016 4 times Delhi/Bhopal/Delhi w.e.f. 23rd 2016 per week 2016 4 Bhopal/Raipur/Bhopal w.ef 23rd times per week 2016 3 times per week Bangalore/Hubali/Bangalore w.e.f: Z0th July 2016 4 times Delhi/Jaipur/Delhi per week per week 27th May Daily May May                                                                                                     |

| STATE              | DATE               |                                                                                                                                                   |
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| GUJARAT            | AUG, 20[4          | New ISSUES flights required on following sectors: Delhi-Bhuj-Rajkot-Delhi Delhi-Rajkot-Bhuj-Delhi Surat-Kolkata Surat-= luru-Chennai Bengal       |
| BIHAR              | SEP 2014           | Regular services from                                                                                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh     | Nov; 2014          | Air Service between Pitrapaksha Gaya during_                                                                                                      |
| Sikkim             | 2014 Decz          | Bhopal and Srilanka Rescheduling of Delhi-Bagdogra Might                                                                                          |
| Tripura            | 2014 Dec;          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Andaman & Nicobar  | 2015 Jan,          | Increase i frequency on Kolkata-Agartala Operation of Charter flights to Portbiair Connectivity from Portblair to Coimbatore, Madurai, Trivandrum |
| ODISHA             | 2015 Jan;          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh  | 20[5 Jan,          | International operation from Bubaneshwar Air connectivity for and Paramilitary from Lilabari forces Army                                          |
| Bihar              | 2015 Jan;          | Flights to Buddhist circuit in Summer                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka          | 2015               | Operation _to Bidar                                                                                                                               |
| PUNJAB             | 2015 Jan;          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 2015 Jan;          | International flights from Chandigarh_ Flights to Dharmshala and Kullu                                                                            |
| Kerala             | 2015 Jan;          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| JeK                | 2015 Jan,          | Development of Kochi as International hub More flights to Leh                                                                                     |
| Maharashtra        | 2015 Jan,          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Mizoram            | 2015               | International operations from Increase flights to Aizwal Nagpur                                                                                   |
| Pondicherry        | 2015 Jan;          | Flights to Pondicherry                                                                                                                            |
| Daman & Diu        | 2015               | Flights to Diu                                                                                                                                    |
| Tripura            | Feb, 2015          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Tripura            | 2015 Jun,          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Andaman & Nicobar  | 2015 Jun,          | gartala sector for patients Extension of Chennai-Portblair fligh to Phuket                                                                        |
| Tripura            | July, 2015         | Introduction of 02 Airbus flights from Stretcher Patients Agartala for                                                                            |
| Odisha Assam       | Jul,2015           | International flight from Bhubanesh] Connectivity from war                                                                                        |
|                    |                    | Guwahati                                                                                                                                          |
| Bihar Tripura      |                    | Increase in frequency on Kolkata-A gartala                                                                                                        |
| Nagaland           | 2015 2015 Aug Sep, | Regular services from Gaya Pitrapaksha Extension of Delhi-Guwahati-Imp phal flight to during_ Dimapur                                             |
| Bihar              | 2015 Sep;          | Additional 350th flights and  Patna   dusring from Gaya                                                                                           |
| Maharashtra        | 2015 Sep:          | Anniversaryof Shri Guru Govind Singhji Flights from Amritsar to Nanded                                                                            |
| Gujarat            | 2015 Sepz          | Flights to Kandala                                                                                                                                |
| Andainan & Nicobar | 2015               | Deployment of New                                                                                                                                 |
| Odisha             | 2015 Oct,          | Aircraft on Portblair flight International flight from Bhubaneshwar                                                                               |
| Rajasthan          | Nov 2015           | Flight from Varanasi to Bhubaneshwar Flights to Bikaner;                                                                                          |
| Andhara Pradesh    | 2015 Oct;          | More and Udaipur Jodhpur; Jaipur                                                                                                                  |
| UP                 | Dec,2015           | flights from Vijayawada Flights from Varanasi to Bhubaneshwar                                                                                     |
| Bihar              | 2016 Jun;          | of Aircraft on Delhi-Bhopal route Change                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh     | April, 2016        | Flight from Patna to Kathmandu                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra        | 2016 Jun;          |                                                                                                                                                   |
| Gujarat            | April_20[6         | Flight on Delhi-Mumbai-Nanded Flights to Porbanadar route                                                                                         |