New Delhi, 25 July 2014

In reply to Rajya Sabha MP Chunibhai Gohil’s question, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati said there are total 27 airports/airfields in Gujarat, of which 1 IAF airfield and 10 State Government aerodromes are not operational.

The Minister in his reply said: “There are 27 airports/airfields in Gujarat of which 9 airports belong to Airports Authority of India (AAI), 5 belong to Indian Air Force (IAF), 2 belong to private parties and 11 belong to the State Government of Gujarat. AAI also maintains Civil Enclaves at two IAF airports. Among these, one IAF airfield and 10 State Government aerodromes are not operational. Further the AAI airports at Kandla, Keshod and Deesa do not have scheduled flights and are not used for commercial activities. The airlines provide air services to specific places depending on the traffic demand and commercial viability of such operations while complying with Route Dispersal Guidelines.”

In reply to Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai, union Civil Aviation Minister Shri G. M. Siddeshwara informed that the Government of India has identified 50 locations to promote regional air connectivity in the Tier-II & Tier-III cities across the country. Daman, Diu, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Kandla and Keshod are among them.

The total list is here: Kadapa, Tirupati, Vijayawada,Warangal in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, Along, Daparizo, Pasighat,Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh, Jorhat,Rupsi,Silchar in Assam, Gaya, Raxaul in Bihar, Bilaspur, Raigarh in Chattisgarh, Daman, Diu in Daman & Diu, Bhawanagar, Jamnagar,Kandla,Keshod in Gujarat, Hisar,Karnal in Haryana, Kishtwar in J&K, Deoghar, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Belgaum,Hubli in Karnataka, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Akola, Amravati, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur in Maharashtra, Jharsuguda in Odisha, Ludhiana in Punjab, Bikaner, Kishangarh, Kota in Rajasthan, Thanjavore in Tamil Nadu and Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Faizabad, Kanpur, Meerut, Moradabad and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.