(a) Whether the government proposes to provide more air connectivity to Telangana and if so, the details thereof including the status of setting up green field airports in Jakaranpally, Bhadadri, Kothagudem;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government also proposes to develop brown-field airports at Warangal, Adilabad district and Basanth Nagar and if so details thereof; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
The Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)
(a) to (d): The Government of Telangana has proposed to take up development of three Greenfield Airports at (i) Jakaranpally, Nizamabad District (ii) Palvancha, Bhadadri Kothagudem District, (iii) Mahabubnagar District and three Brownfield Airports at (iv) Mamnoor, Warangal District (v) Basanth Nagar, Peddapally District & (vi) Adilabad in Adilabad District and has appointed Airports Authority of India (AAI) for conducting Techno-Feasibility studies for these six (6) airports. ;
AAI, the implementing agency for Regional-Connectivity Scheme (RCS) has also identified 52 RCS routes in the State of Telangana for operation of the RCS flights, out of which RCS operations have commenced on 36 routes.