(a) whether Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to offer
discounts and incentives to promote non-metro airports; and
(b) if so, the details thereof, route-wise?
(a) whether Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to offer
discounts and incentives to promote non-metro airports; and
(b) if so, the details thereof, route-wise?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS & MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION
(SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)
(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. Airports Athority of India (AAI) has planned to offer discounts to airlines operating
new international and domestic flights from certain selected airports of AAI namely, Ahmedabad, Amritsar,
Aurangabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Gaya, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangalore,
Patna, Ranchi, Srinagar, Surat, Trichy, Trivandrum and Varanasi. These incentives are in the form of discounts
in landing and parking charges and free night parking.