Airports in North-Eastern Region Airports Authority of India July 2013

Airports in North Eastern Region Arunachal Pradesh Along Daparizo Pasighat Tezu Itanagar Pakyong Ziro Dibrugargh Sikkim North Lakhimpur (Lilabari) Bagdogra Tezpur Jorhat Guwahati West Bengal Rupsi Nagaland Assam Shella Chiethu/Kohima Dimapur Tura Shillong Meghalaya State Operational Non-Operational Assam 6 3 IAF, 3 AAI 2 Arunachal Pradesh - 5 Manipur 1 Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura 3 Sikkim West Bengal Total 11+1 12 Silchar Imphal Kailashahar Manipur Kamalpur Khowai Lengpui LEGEND Operational (11+1) Non-Operational (12) New Greenfield (3) Agartala Mizoram Tripura Turial

Airports in the North-East Region Operational - 12 Agartala, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati(Int. Airport), Imphal, Jorhat (CE), Lilabari, Shillong (Barapani), Silchar (CE), Lengpui (SG- Mizoram), Tezpur (CE), Bagdogra (CE). Non-operational – 12 Along(SG- Arunachal Pradesh), Daparizo (SG- Arunachal Pradesh), Kailashahar, Kamalpur, Khowai, Pasighat (IAF) Rupsi, Tezu, Tura* (SG-Meghalaya), Turial (Aizwal), Ziro(SG- Arunachal Pradesh), Shella. Greenfield Airports – 3 Pakyong (Sikkim) Chiethu (Kohima) Holongi (Itanagar) * Tura Airport has requisite infrastructure to operate flights of Dornier-228 operations. No operators are presently available

PRESENT AIR CONNECTIVITY IN NER (AIRPORT & AIRLINE-WISE) Station AI 9W S2 G8 SG 6E A/c Movements /wk Pax Movements /wk Agartala   173 15171 Aizwal (SG) 63 3020 Bagdogra (CE) 141 12774 Dibrugarh 42 4426 Dimapur 36 1586 Guwahati 517 39831 Imphal 134 12904 Jorhat (CE) 18 1285 Lilabari * 7 88 Shillong 8 148 Silchar (CE) 85 4195 Tezpur (CE) 5 105 Total 1229 95533 *Air India withdrew operations w.e.f. 01.01.2013. Resumed operations w.e.f. 10.07.2013 from Kolkata. Air India operated weekly Intl’ flights from Guwahati to Bangkok from 2002 to 2004 Vayudoot operated domestic flights from January 1981 to April 1997. Druk Airways operating four times in a week Intl’ Flights from Guwahati and Bagdogra to Paro & Bangkok AI-Air India; ; 9W-Jet Airways; S2-JetLite; G8-Go Air;; SG-Spicejet; 6E-IndiGo  Jet  ATR42 IT-Kingfisher Airlines (Operations Suspended)

Inter regional Connectivity GUWAHATI (Assam) (20 destination) Agartala Ahmedabad Aizwal Bagdogra Bengaluru Chennai Chandigarh Delhi Dibrugarh Dimapur Hyderabad Goa Imphal Jaipur orhat Kolkata Lilabari Mumbai Pune Silchar DIBRUGARH (Assam) (04) Delhi Guwahati Imphal Kolkata AGARTALA (Tripura) (10) Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Hyderbad Mumbai Silchar IMPHAL (Manipur) (09) Agartala Aizwal Bengaluru Delhi Dimapur Guwahati Kolkata Pune Silchar LILABARI (Assam) Air India withdrew operations w.e.f. 01.01.2013

Inter regional Connectivity SILCHAR (Assam) (06) Agartala Guwahati Imphal Jorhat Kolkata Tezpur JORHAT (Assam) (05) Bengaluru Pune Silchar DIMAPUR (Nagaland) (03) Dibrugarh Guwahati Kolkata SHILLONG (Meghalaya) Air India withdrew operations w.e.f. 01.01.2013. Operations resumed w.e.f 10.07.13 from Kolkata. LENGPUI (Mizoram) (03) Imphal

Operating Losses of NER Rs. in Crores Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (Provisional) Revenue 70.34 64.97 82.16 100.80 112.93 118.83 Expenditure 85.14 125.66 140.32 152.60 187.57 191.45 Loss Before Depreciation 14.80 60.69 58.16 51.80 74.64 72.62 44.11 43.71 45.31 55.01 35.11 47.78 Net Loss 58.91 104.40 103.47 106.81 109.75 120.40

Traffic Trends in North East Region YEAR Aircraft Movements Passengers Freight (In Tonnes) In Nos. % 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 67395 8.2% 4590271 26.5% 24087 27.1% 2011-12 69158 2.6% 5319387 15.9% 22749 -5.6% 2012-13 64173 -7.2% 4981441 -6.35% 18270 -19.68%

Capital Investment in NER During the 11th Plan Period (2007-12) (Rs. In Crores) Amount 1 Proposed outlay (2007-12) 07-08 111.64 08-09 127.68 09-10 118.66 10-11 130.48 11-12 113.27 651.00 2 Total Capital Investment in NER (Budgetary Support) 601.28 Capital Investment 11th Plan 12th Plan Actual 2012-13 BE 2013-14 (Actual & Proposed) 2086.00 93.736 [Aero – 88.77] [A N S – 1.502] [Security 3.464] 117.34 [Aero – 102.67] [A N S – 4.58] [Security 10.09] Budgetary Support / Grant-in-Aid proposed (a) From MoCA 194.16 1278.00 32.00 [Pakyong-32.00] (b) From NEC 132.23 555.00 35.49 (c) From 11th Finance Commission 13.30 (d) From 12th Finance Commission 100.00 (e) From AAI (Internal Resources) 161.59 253.00 49.85

PROJECTS APPROVED BY MoDoNER Sl. No Station Project Approved Estimate Cost in Rs. Crores 1 Guwahati (Assam) Construction of Hangers and Apron at LGBI Airport, Guwahati 32.06 2 Dibrugarh Extension of runway to 7500 ft & construction of isolation bay with link taxiway and allied work at Dibrugarh Airport 56.34 3 Jorhat Extension of Apron and allied works at Jorhat 9.51 4 Imphal (Manipur) Construction of boundary wall around newly acquired land 14.81 5 Barapani (Meghalaya) Upgradation of safety and security infrastructure at Barapani Airport, Shillong 28.45 The above projects approved by MoDoNER on 06/02/13

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MoDoNER GUWAHATI Name of work: Construction of Hangars and Apron at LGBI Airport. Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs.32.06 crores. Scope of Work – Construction of 3 Hangars (1 for A-321 and 2 for ATR-72 – Each accommodate 2 ATRs) Connecting Apron. Ancillary works like Power House, Sump, OH Tank Road, Wall, etc. Status as on June 2013 - Work Awarded for C/o 3 No. of Hangars and connecting Apron Award Amount - Rs. 23.16 crores. Physical Progress - 35% Financial Progress - Rs.7.50 crores. PDC - March,2014. Ancillary works in Planning – PDC Sept.2014.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MoDoNER DIBRUGARH Name of Work:- Extension of Runway to 7500 ft, construction of Isolation bay with link taxiway and allied works. Date of fund sanction:- 06/02/2012. Sanctioned Estimate Amount:- Rs. 56.34 crores. Scope of Work. Extension of Runway from 6000 ft to 7500 ft i/c shoulder, RESA, etc. Providing Perimeter wall, Perimeter road, Perimeter lighting and watch towers for the extension portion. Basic strip grading and drainage for the extension portion. Construction of Isolation Bay & link taxiway. Ground lights, CAT-I approach light for Rway-05, SAP lights for Rwy-23. Shifting of Glidepath & Allied works. Shifting of HT/LT line, water supply line, crossing road etc. Status as on June 13:- State Govt. have to acquire 32 acres of land for the basic strip of extension portion of runway without which it is not possible to get DGCA clearance for the project. State Govt. has issued notification. AAI is parallely taking up actions for carrying out preparatory works like diversion of road, HT/LT line etc.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MoDoNER JORHAT Name of work: Extension of Apron Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs. 9.08 crores. Scope of Work – Present Apron can accommodate 2 ATRs. This is inadequate. Apron will be extended to facilitate 4 A-320 Aircrafts at a time. One Taxiway also will be made connecting the extended portion of Apron to Runway to enhance operational efficiency. Status as on June 2013 Work Awarded on - Sept.2012 Award Amount - Rs.8.11 crores. Physical Progress - 90% Financial Progress - Rs. 6.50 crores. PDC - Sept.2013.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MoDoNER IMPHAL Name of work: Construction of Boundary Wall surrounding the newly acquired land. Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs.14.81 crores. Scope of Work – Govt. of Manipur has handed over 640 Acres (Approx.) of land, free of cost to AAI, for development of the Airport. To protect this land from encroachment, a boundary wall of Approx. 7 km. length is being constructed. Due to poor soil strength and water logging terrain the wall is designed as RCC framed one. Status as on June 2013 - Work Awarded on - Aug.2011 Award Amount - Rs.15.10 crores. Physical Progress - 85% Financial Progress - Rs.9 crores. PDC - Dec.2013. To be declared International Airport.(International Operations to start in near future).

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MODONER BARAPANI (SHILLONG) Name of work – Safety & Security Infrastructure Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/2013. Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs.28.45 crores. Scope of work: Providing Perimeter Wall for newly acquired land C/o Perimeter road along the perimeter Wall. C/o Watch Towers for Perimeter Wall. C/o Fire Station cum Technical Block. Status as on June,2013 - Govt. of Meghalaya has handed over 192 Acres of land for development. In anticipation of fund sanction by NEC AAI started C/o Perimeter Wall from Jan.2011 with award amount of Rs.5.93 crores. Work stopped by villagers from March,2012 stating non-payment of compensation by State Govt. Critical issue -- to be immediately resolved; else it will effect all other works. Perimeter road, Perimeter lighting and watch tower can start only after resolving the above issue. For c/o Fire Station cum Technical Block and city side development works 32 Acres land from Army is required. MoD is ready to give this if State Govt. can provide equal land.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MODONER TEZU (ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Name of work: Development of Tezu Airport (Arunachal Pradesh) Project Sanction – MoDoNER sanctioned the project on 18/01/10 for an amount of Rs.79 crores. 100% CSG Scheme. Scope of Work – Airport is being upgraded / Developed for operation of ATR-72 type of aircrafts C/o New Terminal Building of peak hour capacity 100D + 100A. Extension of Runway including strengthening of existing. Construction of Apron i/c strengthening of existing Apron. Construction of Compound Wall. Construction of Control Tower and other structures. Status as on June,2013 The overall physical progress of the Project is 15%. Financial Progress 11.62 crores. Boundary Wall completed on 21/01/13. Pavement works, Terminal Building and all other allied works in progress. PDC of the Project Dec.2014.

GREENFIELD PROJECT SANCTIONED BY GOI PAKYONG (SIKKIM) Name of work: Construction of Greenfield Airport at Pakyong. Project Sanction – Government sanctioned the project in Oct.2008 with a project cost of Rs.309.46 crores (90% Budgetary Grant from GOI and 10% AAI). Scope of Work – Airport designed to handle ATR-72 type of aircrafts. Runway of size 1700 x 30m, Apron for 2 ATR-72 . C/o Terminal Building for 100 pax capacity. C/o Retaining Wall, Drainage System, etc. C/o Control Tower and other ancillary structures. Status as on June,2013 All the works are in progress. Overall physical progress – 74% Overall PDC – December 2014

DPRs submitted for Fund sanction- Operational airports Sl. No Station Details of DPR Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Date of submission 1 Imphal (Manipur) Construction of Hangars, associated apron & link taxiway 29.67 21.10.11 2 Dibrugarh (Assam) 22.36 3 Barapani (Meghalaya) Extension of rwy to 7500 ft & allied works at Shillong(Barapani ) airport 154.80 22.12.11 NEC is processing the above DPRs and had requested AAI to revise it with the present rates.

DPRs submitted for Fund sanction- Non- Operational airports Sl. No Station Details of DPR Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Date of submission 1 Ziro(AP) Development of Ziro Airport as Civil Enclave for ATR Operation. 79.00 03.11.11 2 Daparizo (AP) Development of Daparizo Airport For ATR Operations 158.68 3 Pasighat Development of CE at Pasighat Airport as joint use Airport for ATR Operation. 91.51 4 Along Development of CE at Along Airport for ATR Operations. 77.51 5 Tura (Meghalaya) Development of Tura airport for ATR Operations 111.00 May 2010 (To State Govt) In process with MoCA. As per instructions the DPR to be revised with present rates.

DPRs of Greenfield airports Sl. No Station Details of DPR Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Status 1 Cheithu (Nagaland) Development of New Greenfield Airport at Cheithu near Kohima 953.67 Temporarily deffered 2 Itanagar (AP) Development of New Greenfield Airport at Holongi 1069.00 Prefeasibility report submitted for approval of Steering Committee. Action taken for preparation of DPR. Guwahati High Court orders status quo.

NIGHT OPERATION FACILITIES -NER Airport Facilities Available DGCA Approval Request from Airlines for Night Operation ILS (Instrument Landing System) Night Operations Remarks Agartala A A( Yes Bagdogra - No NA Recently IAF had given permission from 1st July 13. Barapani Being Installed Dibrugarh In process of getting approval Dimapur Guwahati Imphal Jorhat IAF Lengpui Lilabari Silchar Tezpur Tezu A = Available; IAF = Indian Airforce; NA = Not Available; SG = State Govt. Airports in Green are approved for night operations. Airports in Blue are capable of night operations, subject to IAF’s readiness

Assistance Sought AAI request release of funds from the DONER/NEC for completed / in progress / planned projects irrespective of DPR. Development requirement of NER ----- New proposed schemes be taken up on priority. Develop Guwahati as Hub in North East to boost air traffic and Cargo. New Terminal buildings at Guwahati, Silchar, Imphal and Jorhat for sustained growth. Provision of Hangers at Guwahati, Agartala, Dibrugarh & Imphal. AAI request earlier resolution of land acquisition issues with respective State Govt.’s.