Lok Sabha Question No. 4181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Operations at Mumbai Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4181 (To be answered on the 11th August, 2016)

## OPERATION AT MUMBAI AIRPORT

4181 Dr. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## TTT

- (a) whether operations of IndiGo airline from new terminal at Mumbai international airport has been delayed;
- (b) if the details thereof;
- (c) whether the construction of a new airport in Mumbai has also been delayed, and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether flights are regularly delayed at Mumbai airport; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVITION

(SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a) and  (b}: As per information   provided by the airline: IndiGo is  already operating international flights from the new terminal at Mumbai International Airport, However, the domestic operation are from Terminal 1B, Mumbai:
- (c}: As reported by and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO), although the airport project is facing challenges, however as on date all clearance have been obtained except the stage-II forest clearance, which is expected shortly, RFP and Bid documents have been issued to the qualified bidders on 4th 2016. City May,
- (d) and (e: As per the monthly report submitted by Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL), airlines wise OTP from January, 2016 to June 2016 at Mumbai airport is placed at\_ Annexure-I.

Generally schedule domestic airlines   operate their flights as per   approved scheduled: However, at times   flights are delayed due to airport, ATC, weather, passenger, ramp, technical, operational, reactionary and misc, which are beyond the control of the airlines

In Order to ensure enforcement of the flight schedules Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued Air Transport Circular 02 of 2013 on "Procedure to be followed to mitigate flight delays" (Annexure-2):

be pleased to state:

| Month    | AZRLINES               |   TOTAL DEPARTUR ES |   FLIGHTS ON TIME 15 min) |   FLIGHTS DELAYED (STD + (STD + MORE THAN 15 Min) | OTP   |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------|
| Jan-16   | Air India              |                1397 |                       856 |                                               541 | 61.3% |
| Jan-16   | Go Air                 |                1011 |                       653 |                                               358 | 64.6% |
| Jan-16   |                        |                2796 |                      1857 |                                               939 |       |
| Jan-16   | JetAirways & Jet Lite  |                3324 |                      2494 |                                               830 | 75.0% |
| Jan-16   | Soice jet              |                 713 |                       506 |                                               207 | 71.0% |
| Jan-16   | Vistara                |                 293 |                       233 |                                                60 | 79.5% |
| Feb-16   | Air India              |                1289 |                       957 |                                               332 | 74.2% |
| Feb-16   | Go Air                 |                 942 |                       664 |                                               278 | 70.5% |
| Feb-16   | Indigo_                |                2668 |                      1951 |                                               717 | 73.1% |
| Feb-16   | JetAirways & Jet Lite  |                3126 |                      2543 |                                               583 | 81.3% |
| Feb-16   | Soice jet              |                 685 |                       515 |                                               170 | 75.2% |
| Feb-16   | Vistara                |                 279 |                       236 |                                                43 | 84.6% |
| Mar-16   | Air India              |                1346 |                       962 |                                               384 | 71.5% |
| Mar-16   | Go Air                 |                1020 |                       778 |                                               242 | 76.3% |
| Mar-16   | Indigo                 |                2905 |                      2294 |                                               611 | 79.0% |
| Mar-16   | JetAirways & Jet Lite  |                3275 |                      2342 |                                               933 | 71.5% |
| Mar-16   | Soice jet              |                 703 |                       547 |                                               156 | 77.8% |
| Mar-16   | Vistara                |                 294 |                       245 |                                                49 | 83.3% |
| Apr-16   | Air India              |                1345 |                       937 |                                               408 | 69.7% |
| Apr-16   | Go Air                 |                1002 |                       729 |                                               273 | 72.8% |
| Apr-16   | Indigo                 |                2808 |                      2210 |                                               598 | 78.7% |
| Apr-16   | JetAirways & Jet Lite  |                3004 |                      2271 |                                               733 | 75.6% |
| Apr-16   | Soice jet              |                 733 |                       547 |                                               186 | 74.6% |
| Apr-16   | Vistara                |                 298 |                       233 |                                                65 | 78.2% |
|          | Air India              |                1413 |                       940 |                                               473 | 66.5% |
| May-16 . | Go Air                 |                1029 |                       718 |                                               311 | 69.8% |
| May-16 . |                        |                2894 |                      2238 |                                               656 | 77.3% |
| May-16 . | lJetAirways & Jet Lite |                3235 |                      2499 |                                               736 | 77.2% |
| May-16 . | Soice jet              |                 773 |                       582 |                                               191 | 75.3% |
| May-16 . | Vistara                |                 318 |                       256 |                                                62 | 80.5% |
| Jun-16   | Air India              |                1343 |                       866 |                                               477 | 64.5% |
| Jun-16   | Go Air                 |                 999 |                       667 |                                               332 | 66.8% |
| Jun-16   | Indigo                 |                2800 |                      1957 |                                               843 | 69.9% |
| Jun-16   | JJetAirways & Jet Lite |                3161 |                      2336 |                                               825 | 73.9% |
| Jun-16   | Soice jet              |                 704 |                       493 |                                               211 | 70.0% |
| Jun-16   | Vistara                |                 309 |                       231 |                                                78 | 74.8% |

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## OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION

F. No. 23-05/2013-AED

Dated: 30th

2013 May

## AIR TRANSPORT CIRCULAR 2 OF 2013

Subject:

Procedure to be followed to mitigate flight delays:

Civil Aviation Requirement Section 3, Series C, Part Il and VIII stipulates that the operator shall the flight schedules approved by DGCA at least 30 in advance in  accordance with the  flight  schedules SO approved. get days

In order to ensure enforcement of the flight schedules, following procedure has been laid down for strict compliance of all concerned:

- a) Departure slots may be distributed evenly within an hour with not be more than five departure slots in 10 minutes and total of 30 per hour:
- b) Airlines shall file   flight plan with scheduled time of  departure as per approved schedule:
- c) Generally, the  flight plan with scheduled time of departure other than approved slot shall not be accepted by ATC. For such cases, alternate slot will be allocated by ATC based on availability of vacant slots. At least four slots per hour may be kept to cater for non-scheduledNIPImilitary operations:
- d) Aircraft shall contact Clearance Delivery Unit (CLD) for ATC clearance not than 15 minutes to scheduled tine of departure. prior
- e) Aircraft shall contact Surface Movement Control (SMC) for pushback and start up at least 15 minutes to schedule time of departure. prior
- f) Approval for push back and start up shall be valid for five minutes only: Aircraft not adhering to pushback clearance will go back in the sequence. Subsequent clearance will be given based available slot. on

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- g) Sequence of departures shall be decided by ATC based on the position and readiness of aircraft approaching the of the runway. entry point
- h) Aircraft shall complete all pre-departure checks and cabin procedures prior to entering the runway and start rolling as soon take-off clearance is issued by ATC.
- i) Airport operators shall prepare parking plan in such a way that no two aircraft having departure within 20 minutes are parked on the same block of parking bays.
- j) Airlines shall forward aircraft routing by 1800 hrs the previous day to Airport Operational Control Centre (AOCC) s0 that aircraft parkings are planned accordingly.
- k) In case of weather related or emergency related delays, Watch Supervisory Officer (WSO) shall be responsible for allocation of alternate slots.
- 1) Airlines not adhering to the approved time slots shall be liable to lose the historicity in the next schedule.

Note: The above   provisions will not be applicable at  Airports   where   AirportCollaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) has been implemented.

This supersedes the AIR TRANSPORT CIRCULAR 10 OF 2009.

To:

All scheduled airlineslAirport Operators

(Arun Mishra) Director General of Civil Aviation