Lok Sabha Question No. 1906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Air Connectivity to Hilly Regions
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

1906.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 1906 (To be answered on the July 2016) 28th`

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO HILLY REGIONS

SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- to the people of these regions;
- the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

be pleased to state:-

- () if s0, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) to (b): As per Summer Schedule (SS)-2016, scheduled domestic ftiglts a8 Union Territories also. State wise air connectivity a8 per SS 2016 is placed at Annexure I

was free to select whatever markets and network wish to service and operate: In this the need for air transport services of different of the country: the traffic demand and commercial viability. As such, the compliance of RDGs issued by Government: they\_ regions

- The Government has recently broadened the scope of RDG by including (c): the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand:

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## State Wise Air Connectivity Summer Schedule 2016

| No.                                                       | State                                                     | Names of Cities Air linked                                | No of Airports    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| States                                                    | States                                                    | States                                                    | States            |
| 1                                                         | Andhra Pradlesh                                           | Rajamundry, Tirupati; Vijayawada, Cuddapah_ Vizag,        | 5                 |
| 2                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         |                                                           |                   |
| 3                                                         | Assam                                                     | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Tezpur_   | 6                 |
| 4                                                         | Bihar                                                     | Gaya,_Patna                                               |                   |
| 5_                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                              | Raipur                                                    |                   |
| 6_                                                        | Delhi                                                     | Delhi                                                     |                   |
| 7                                                         | Goa                                                       | Goa                                                       |                   |
| 8                                                         | Gujarat                                                   | Vadodara                                                  |                   |
| 9                                                         | Haryana                                                   |                                                           |                   |
| 10                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          | Dharamshala_Kullu_                                        |                   |
| 11,                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | Jammu_Leh_Srinagar_Thoise                                 |                   |
| 12,                                                       | Jharkhand                                                 | Ranchi                                                    |                   |
| 13.                                                       | Karnataka                                                 | Bangalore_BelgaumMangalore Hubli                          |                   |
| 14_                                                       | Kerala                                                    |                                                           |                   |
| 15.                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                            | Bhopal_Gwalior_Indore_Jabalpur_Khajuraho                  |                   |
| 16.                                                       | Maharashtra                                               |                                                           |                   |
| 18                                                        |                                                           | Snplong                                                   |                   |
| 19.                                                       | Mizoram                                                   | Aizwal                                                    |                   |
| 20.                                                       | Nagaland                                                  | Dimapur                                                   |                   |
| 21_                                                       | Orissa                                                    | Bhubaneswar                                               |                   |
| 22.                                                       | Punjab                                                    | Amritsar                                                  |                   |
| 23.                                                       | Rajasthan                                                 | Jaipur_Jodhpur_Udaipur                                    |                   |
| 24.                                                       | Sikkim                                                    |                                                           |                   |
| 25.                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                | Chennai,Coimbatcre Madurai_Trichy__Tuticorin              | 5                 |
| 26                                                        | Telangana                                                 | Hyderabad_                                                | 1                 |
| 27                                                        | Tripura                                                   | Agartala                                                  | 1                 |
| 28.                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur; Lucknow; Varanasi             | 5                 |
| 29.                                                       | Uttaranchal                                               | Dehradun_Pant Nagar                                       | 2                 |
| 30_                                                       | West Bengal                                               | Bagdogra,Kolkata,Durgapur                                 | 3                 |
| Union Territories                                         | Union Territories                                         | Union Territories                                         | Union Territories |
| 1                                                         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                 | Port Blair; Car Nicobar                                   | 2                 |
| 2                                                         | Lakshadweep Islands                                       | Agatti                                                    |                   |
| 3                                                         | Chandigarh                                                | Chandigarh                                                | 1                 |
| 4_                                                        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                      |                                                           |                   |
| 5.                                                        | Daman & Diu                                               | Diu                                                       |                   |
| 6                                                         | Pondicherry                                               | Pondicherry                                               | 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 | 77                |