Lok Sabha Question No. 1908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Air Connectivity to Tourist Places
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1908 (To be answered on the July 2016)

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO TOURIST PLACES

1908.

SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of such world class tourist places in the country which are not connected by Air;
- (c) the names of such tourist places where air facilities were available earlier and now these Air services have been suspended;
- (6) the number Of such airports which are important for tourism indicating the list thereof; State/UT-wise;
- (d) the date from which such services have been suspended;
- if the details thereof ?
- whether there is a proposal to start such services; and again

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) to (f): As per Summer Schedule (SS)-2016, scheduled domestic flights are availabie to/from 77 airports of the country, which includes tourist places of different States and Union Territories of the country\_ State wise air connectivity as per SS 2016 is at Annexure I.

With repeal of Air Corporation Act in March 1994, the Indian aviation was deregulated. Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type; free to select whatever markets and network wish to service and operate: In this regard Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) with a view to achieve better connectivity of air transport services of different regions of the country. It is, however, up to the airlines to provide air services to specific places depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability: As such, the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance f RDGs issued by Government: they

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## State Wise Air Connectivity = Summer\_Schedule 2016

| S: No.            | State                     |                                                        | No of Airports    |
|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| States            | States                    | States                                                 | States            |
|                   | Andhra Pradesh            | Rajamundry, Tirupati; Vijayawada, Cuddapah Vizag,      | 5                 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                        |                   |
|                   | Assam                     | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Tezpur | 6                 |
| 4                 | Bihar                     | GayaPatna                                              |                   |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh_             | Raipur_                                                |                   |
| 6,                | Delhi                     | Delhi                                                  |                   |
|                   | Goa                       | Goa                                                    |                   |
| 8                 | Gujarat                   | Vadodara                                               | 6                 |
| 9                 | Haryana                   |                                                        |                   |
| 10                | Himachal Pradesh          | Dharamshala_Kullu                                      | 2                 |
| 11                | Jammu & Kashmir           | Jammu Leh_Srinagar_Thoise_                             |                   |
| 12                | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi                                                 |                   |
| 13                | Karnataka                 |                                                        |                   |
| 14                | Kerala                    | Calicut,_Cochin_Trivandrum                             |                   |
| 15                | Madhya Pradesh            | Bhopal_Gwalior_Indore,_Jabalpur_Khajuraho              |                   |
| 16.               | Maharashtra               |                                                        |                   |
|                   | Manipur                   | Imphal                                                 |                   |
|                   | Meghalaya                 | Shillong_                                              |                   |
| 19                | Mizoram                   | Aizwal                                                 |                   |
| 20.               | Nagaland                  | Dimapur                                                |                   |
| 21                | Orissa_                   | Bhubaneswar                                            |                   |
| 22                | Punjab                    | Amritsar                                               |                   |
| 23.               | Rajasthan                 | Jaipur__Jodhpur_Udaipur_                               | 3                 |
|                   | Sikkim                    |                                                        |                   |
| 25.               | Tamil Nadu                | Tuticorin                                              | 5                 |
| 26                | Telangana                 | Hyderabad                                              | 1                 |
| 27                | Tripura_                  | Agartala                                               |                   |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh             | Allahabad, Gorakhpur; Lucknow, Varanasi Agra,          | 5                 |
| 29.               | Uttaranchal               | Dehradun_Pant Nagar                                    | 2                 |
| 30                | West Bengal_              | Bagdogra_Kolkata, Durgapur                             | 3                 |
| Union Territories | Union Territories         | Union Territories                                      | Union Territories |
|                   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair; Car Nicobar                                | 2                 |
| 2                 | Lakshadweep Islands       | Agatti                                                 |                   |
| 3                 | Chandigarh                | Chandigarh                                             |                   |
| 4                 | Dadra & Na gar_Haveli_    |                                                        |                   |
| 5                 | Daman & Diu               | Diu                                                    |                   |
| 6_                | Pondicherry               | Pondicherry                                            |                   |
|                   |                           |                                                        | 77                |

Number of cities connected bY Scheduled domestic carriers

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