(a) whether the Government are considering to start some more international air services from different States in near future;
(b) if so, whether the Government have conducted any survey recently with a view to assess the feasibility of starting international air services from various States; and
(c) if so, the names of places selected for the purpose?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a), (b) and (c): Operation of international flights from
different airports is reviewed from time to time depending
upon traffic demand and availability of custom and
immigration facilities as part of ongoing process. Seven
more airports have been declared as international airport
which will enable foreign airlines to come directly to them.
However, permission to them is granted only on the basis of
bilateral air services discussions which are held from time
to time. Actual operations are left to their commercial
judgement. Besides Air India and Indian Airlines have also
introduced some new flights and have plans to introduce more
international services from Mumbai, Cochin, Calicut and
Hyderabad after acquiring additional aircraft on dry lease.