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Air Connectivity in North-East Region by Director General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Civil Aviation 30 th October, 2011. Need for Air Services in NER. Most of the places in the North-Eastern states are inaccessible and located in far flung areas Road and Rail facilities are inadequate - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Air Connectivity in North-East Region
by Director General of Civil AviationMinistry of Civil Aviation
30th October, 2011 1
Need for Air Services in NER
• Most of the places in the North-Eastern states are inaccessible and located in far flung areas
• Road and Rail facilities are inadequate• Viable means of transportation in the North-
Eastern states is by air
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Air Connectivity in NER
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1970sAir Connectivity in NERProvided by Indian Airlines only
(12 Stations)
State Stations Airlinked
Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Tezpur
Manipur ImphalNagaland DimapurTripura Agartala, Kailashahar, Khowai, Kamalpur
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1980sAir Connectivity in NERProvided by Indian Airlines and
Supplemented by Vayudoot(18 Stations)
State Stations Airlinked
Arunachal Pradesh Along, Daporijo, Pasighat, Tezu, Ziro
Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar, Tezpur
Manipur Imphal
Mizoram Aizwal
Meghalaya Shillong
Nagaland Dimapur
Tripura Agartala, Kailashahar, Kamalpur 5
1990sAir Connectivity in NER
• With the closure of Vayudoot, air services got discontinued in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya due to: – Non-availability of suitable type of aircraft for operations to
existing airports in these states• Air services continued in the following States:
– Assam– Manipur– Mizoram– Nagaland– Tripura 6
Present Air Connectivity in NER(Airport & Airline-wise)
AI – Air India, CD – Alliance Air, 9W – Jet Airways, S2 – JetLite, G8 – Go Air, IT - Kingfisher Airlines, SG – Spicejet, 6E – IndiGo Jet ATR42
Station AI CD 9W S2 IT G8 SG 6E
Agartala
Aizwal
Dibrugarh
Dimapur
Guwahati
Imphal
Jorhat
Lilabari
Shillong
Silchar
Tezpur Total Stations 07 10 07 05 05 01 02 04
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Air Connectivity in NER
Winter 2005
Winter 2011
Percent Increase
Flights per day 32 58 10.6%City pairs per day 79 121 7.5%Seats Deployed per day 8017 19091 15.9%
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Traffic Trends in North East Region
YearAircraft Movements Passengers Freight (In Tonnes)
No. % Change No. % Change No. % Change
2004-05 33019 4.5 % 1447453 10.8 % 10304 13.4%
2005-06 34036 3.1 % 1620880 12.0 % 11006 6.8%
2006-07 42069 23.6 % 2272213 40.2 % 9836 -10.6%
2007-08 55471 31.9 % 2861671 25.9 % 11260 14.5%
2008-09 58843 6.1 % 2977703 4.1 % 13346 18.5%
2009-10 62307 5.9% 3628313 21.8% 18947 42.0%
2010-11 67393 8.2% 4510271 26.5% 24087 27.1%9
Connectivity from Metros
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Intra-connectivity from Guwahati
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Intra-connectivity from Imphal
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Intra-connectivity from Agartala
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Non-Scheduled Operations in NER
• North-East Shuttles operates non-scheduled air services in North-East region with:– Two Dornier DO-228
• Operating on following routes:– Guwahati-Dimapur– Guwahati-Imphal– Guwahati-Silchar– Silchar-Imphal
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Weekly Departures from GAU,IXA & IMF
• Guwahati - 298• Agartala - 105• Imphal - 84• All the three stations airlinked to metros
– Guwahati with Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai– Imphal with Delhi and Kolkata– Agartala with Delhi and Kolkata
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International Operations from NER
• Air India used to operate international flight on Guwahati-Bangkok-Guwahati route
• Air services discontinued w.e.f. 1st Jul 2008 due poor load
• Present international operations by Druk Air:– Paro-Guwahati-Bangkok & VV 2
flts/week– Paro-Bagdogra-Bangkok & VV 4
flts/week
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Hub in NER
• Guwahati is already serving as an hub• Imphal and Agartala are prospective hubs• Night landing facility available• Adequate apron space for night parking
– Hangar for A320 family type of aircraft being planned• Due to early sunrise, early departures possible for
more intra connectivity• Convenient afternoon/evening connectivity to
metros17
Helicopter Operations in NER
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Helicopter Operations in NER
• Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) is primarily providing helicopters services in NER with subsidy from Central Govt for:– Carriage of passengers– Emergency/medical evacuation– VIP transportation– Tourism
• Global Vectra also operates passenger services in Arurachal Pradesh with one Bell 412 helicopter
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Helicopter Operations in NER• PHHL operations in following NER States:
– Tripura - One Dauphin SA 365N– Sikkim - One Bell 206/407– Oil India Ltd. - One AS350
(for pipeline surveillance)
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Status of Airports in NER
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Airports in NER
• Total 22 airports in the North-East region• Operational - 12 (11 are air linked)
– Agartala, Aizwal, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Lilabari, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur and Tura
• Non-operational - 10– Along, Daporijo, Kailashahar, Kamalpur, Khowai,
Pasighat, Rupsi, Tezu, Turial and Ziro
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Arunachal Pradesh– 5 airports (all non-operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft) Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Along Defence 820 3000 10 NDB, VHF Nil
Daporijo Defence 800 3300 6 Nil Nil
Pasighat AAI 515 3300 10 Nil Nil
Tezu Defence 722 4500 10 NDB, VHF Nil
Zero AAI 4999 4010 10 NDB, VHF Nil
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– 7 airports (One non-operational)Airport Owner Elev.
(ft)Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Dibrugarh AAI 361 6000 40DVOR/ DME, NDB
HIRL, AFL, PAPI
Day/Night IFR/VFR
0800-1500
Guwahati AAI 161 10200 65DVOR, NDB, ILS, ASR, RSR
HIRL, AFL, PAPI
Day/Night IFR/VFR 0600-
2000
Jorhat Defence 298 9000 40DVOR/ DME, NDB
HIRL, AFL, PAPI
Day IFR/VFR
1130-1630
Lilabari AAI 328 7500 44DVOR/ DME, NDB
HIRL, AFL, PAPI
Day IFR/VFR
1100-1300
Assam
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– 7 airports (one non-operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Rupsi AAI 131 6000 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Silchar Defence 338 7500 28DVOR/ DME, NDB
PAPI Day IFR/VFR
0600-1600
Tezpur Defence 230 9400 35DVOR/ DME, NDB
PAPI Day IFR/VFR
0630-0930
Assam
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– 2 airports (one non-operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Lengpui SG 1371 8200 36DVOR/ DME, NDB
HIRF, AFL, PAPI
Day IFR/VFR
0830-1530
Turial AAI 1096 4193 06 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mizoram
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– 1 airport (operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Imphal AAI 2535 9000 55DVOR, DME, NDB, ILS
PAPI Day/Night IFR/VFR
0630-1600
Manipur
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– 2 airports (one ready but non-operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Shillong AAI 2909 6000 23 DVOR, NDB PAPI Day
IFR/VFR1130-1430
Tura SG 2044 3675 NDB Day VFR 0900-1600
Meghalaya
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– 1 airport (operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Dimapur AAI 487 7500 38DVOR/ DME, NDB, ILS
HIRL, PAPI
Day IFR/VFR
0930-1730
Nagaland
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– 4 airports (3 non-operational)
Airport Owner Elev. (ft)
Runway Length (ft)
PCN Nav Facilities
Ground Lighting Facilities
Night Landing
Watch Hrs
Agartala AAI 47 7500 64DVOR/ DME, NDB, ILS
HIRL, PAPI
Day/Night IFR/VFR
0930-1730
Kamalpur AAI 128 4500 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Khowai AAI 100 3000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kailashahar AAI 90 3300 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tripura
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Greenfield Airports in NER• Proposed Greenfield Airports – 03
– Itanagar– Cheithu– Pakyong
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Pakyong Airport• Gangtok (Sikkim) for ATR 72 Aircraft
– Estimated project cost – 358.36 crores– Work started in Jan 2009– Runway dimensions
• 1700 m x 30m• 02/20
– Likely to be completed by June 2012
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Cheithu Airport• Kohima (Nagaland) for ATR 72 Aircraft
– Estimated project cost - Rs. 954 crores– DPR approved by State Govt.– To be fully funded by Govt.– Estimated cost under consideration by Public
Investment Board
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Itanagar Airport• For ATR 72 aircraft
– Proposal costing Rs. 812 crores submitted to Public Investment Board in Mar 2010
– Evaluation report of alternate site (Holangi) suggested by State Govt.
– Firmed up decision from State Govt. regarding new site awaited
– To be funded 90% by Govt. grant and 10% by Ministry of DoNER or alternately fully funded by Govt.
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Kokrajhar/Rupsi Airport• Pre Feasibility Study for construction of New
Green Field Airport at Kokrajar conducted by AAI • Report indicates site not suitable• Bodo Land Territorial Council (BTC)/State Govt.
requested to identify another site• BTC agreed for Rupsi instead of Kokrajhar• Airport under consideration for handing over to
IAF for development, operations and maintenance under joint user MOU
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Development of Airports in Arunachal Pradesh
• Along, Pasighat and Ziro to be developed by MOD as per directions of PMO– MOU signed between AAI/SG/MOD
• Daporijo and Tezu to be developed by AAI
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Government Commitment and Initiatives
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Government Commitment
• To improve airport and infrastructural facilities• To provide better air links within the North-East
and with rest of the country• Alliance Air providing air connectivity in North-
East Region from 2003 onwards with subsidy from NEC:– Rs. 35.00 crores in 2003– Rs. 38.50 crores in 2008– Rs. 47.07 crores in 2009
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Government Initiatives
• Initial NOC granted to:– Sky King Aviation in Aug., 2006 for scheduled air
services within North-East region– Surya Air in Oct 2006 for non-scheduled operations
within North-East region– Zav Air in Jan 2009 for scheduled regional services in
East and North-East region• However, no one commenced air services in NER
as of now
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Government Initiatives
• As of now, Government initiatives of improving air connectivity through– Compliance of Route Dispersal Guidelines– NEC grant
• Route Dispersal Guidelines not sufficient to take care of air connectivity issues of NER in an objective manner
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Committee on Air Connectivity Issues
• To review air connectivity issue, Committee constituted by MoCA under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary
• Committee suggested following measures for overall improvement of air connectivity in NER:– Modification of Route Dispersal Guidelines– Regional Air Connectivity Fund (RACF)– Promoting RSOPs– Code share between RSOPs/NSOPs and SOPs/NSOPs– Promotion of low cost airports
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Recommendations of Committee
• Salient recommendations of the Committee on overall improvement of air connectivity are:– Regional Air Connectivity Fund to be established for
explicit subsidy to airlines to operate on routes with PLF below 50%, new routes and to 19 routes with high tourism potential
– States a should also share subsidy burden under RACF– NSOPs should be treated as an important tool of
providing regional connectivity – Code Sharing may be allowed between SOPs and
NSOPs 43
Recommendations of Committee
• Salient Recommendations .... Contd– States to play proactive role in enhancing connectivity
through deployment/activation of low cost airports, underwriting of airline operations, reduction of taxes on ATF
– RSOPs to be allowed to fly to metro of another region on hopping basis
– Smaller aircraft be deployed within NER for better air connectivity as majority of scheduled domestic airlines have bigger aircraft which are not suitable for intra North-East operations owing to infrastructure and demand constraints 44
Recommendations of Committee
• Salient Recommendations .... Contd– Airlines may be permitted to shuffle/select routes
within Cat II/IIA in NER, without seeking prior approval of the Government as long as their number of flights to North East are not reduced
– Additional capacity in future in NER be deployed in the States of Meghalaya and Nagaland only subject to market demand and adequate airport infrastructure
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Recommendations of Committee
• Salient Recommendations .... Contd– 1/3rd of RACF to be used for subsidy to Low Cost
Airports/Helipads & Heliports– 225 State and Private Airports to be used for
commercial operations. Emphasis should be on small low cost regional airports
– AAI to enter into management contract with States to activate their airports
– All districts must have at least one all-weather helipad to promote helicopter operations
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Recommendations of Committee
• Salient Recommendations .... Contd– Lump sum charges on small aircraft at low cost
airports– Activation of already existing airports/airstrips should
be exempted from the 150 kms limitation as they are not Greenfield airports
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Study for Better Air Connectivity in NER
• Comprehensive study to address:– Traffic forecast in North-East region – Air connectivity issues– Airport development based on demand– Feasibility study on regional operations within NE region– Feasibility study on helicopter operations within NE region– Overall quantum of financial implication for improvement in air
connectivity and airport infrastructure
• Study planned to be conducted by appointment of reputed consultant
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Study for Better Connectivity in NER
• Detailed Terms of Reference prepared by DGCA in consultation with Ministry of DoNER
• Study to be funded by NEC• EOI published in Mar 2011
– 14 EOIs received– Five organisations short-listed– Three organisations submitted financial bid– Financial bid to be opened on 3rd Nov 2011
• Time frame of study would be approx six months
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Summary• Infrastructure facilities required at airports in North-
East Region– Night landing facilities at all airports (currently available
at Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal)– Navigational aids required at all airports– Facilities for Hangars/Security for night stop base aircraft
• Need for morning/evening convenient air connectivity from State Capitals to National Capital
• Setting up of an Aviation Training Academy in the North-East
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Thank you
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