NO. AV-AV-31 021 /t'2020-CNW-MOCAGovernment of lndia

Ministry of Civil Aviation(coordination & Welfare Section)

Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, B-Block,Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi

May,2O2O

The undersigned is directed to circulate herewith a copy of the unclassified portionof the Monthly Summary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the Month of March.2020 for kind information.

(Usha Padhee)Joint Secretarv

To

1. All Members ofthe Council of Ministers

2. The Press Information Ofticer (PlO),(Shri P.K. Mohanty, C&F (lOA))ilinbtry of Information & Broadcasting,Shastri Bhawan. Nfl Delhi.

Copy, with a copy oflhe Summary, forwarded to;-1. The Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhawan, New

Delhi.2. The Secretary, Legislative Department, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.3. The Secretary, Department of Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.4. The Secretary, Deparlment of Statistics, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi.5. The Secretary, Department of Scientitic & Industrial Research, Anusandhan

Bhawan, Rati Marg, New Delhi.6. The Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.7. The Secretary, Department of Defence Production, South Block, New Delhi.8. The Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Paryavaran Bhawan,

CGO Complex, New Delhi-9. The Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Shaslri Bhawan, New Delhi.'l0.The Secretary, Department of Tourism, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi.11.The Secretary, Department of Road Transport & Highways, Transport

Bhawan, New Delhi.12. The Secretary, Department of Shipping, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi.l3.Cabinet Secretariat (Joint Secretary), Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

Copy with a copy of Summary also to:-1. Director (M&C), Civil Aviation, PlB, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.2. ROI to the Council of ICAO, 999, University Street, Suite 14.30, Montreal

Quebek, Canada H3C5J9.

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Detailed Monthlv intormation for the month of March. 2020

lmportant Policy decisions taken and major achievements during the month:

1. MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

A. Passengers carried by domestic airlines during Jan-Feb 2o2o were 251.50lakhs as against 238.56 lakhs during the corresponding period of previousyear thereby registering annual growth of 5.42% and monthly growth of 8.98%

B. 'Lifeline Udan' flights have been started by MoCA to transport essentialmedical cargo to different parls of the counfy to support India's fight againstcovlD - 19.

2. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA}

A.4o2licenses / Ratings were issued including 13 FATA issued and 125Endorsements.1087 number of non-scheduled flight clearances issued forlanding/technical landing/overflying of foreign registered aircraftincluding Private, charter, VlP, Cargo, Ambulance, ITP Charter etc.during the month of March 2020.7 number of new aircraft added/endorsed on the AOC of ScheduledAirlines.Public Notice No. DGCA- 1 80 14I1/2020-DTL-DGCA dated 2TthMarch2020 on Extension of Validity of Licenses, Ratings, Skill Test andExams for lssue, Renewal and exercising the privileges of PilotLicenses for a period of 90 days from 23d Mat 2O2O in view ofPandemic COVID-19.

Type Acceptance has been granted to Contracting State TypeCertificates for following airplanes for operation of aircraft in India:Enoine

. Tlpe Acceptance of Honey well engine intemational engine model4.5907-2-lA

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(ii) Type Acceptance issued to following ContractingType Certificate for incorporation of modificationsaircraft:

Aircraft. Acceptance of FAS STC SA01830W|

model172S.

State Supplementalin Indian registered

on Cessna aircraft

Acceptance of EASA STC-2004-2872 for freighter conversionof AIR 72-2124 aicraft model.Type acceptance of ST01278SE on Textron aviation aircraftmodel B 200.

HelicoDter

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. Acceptance of FAA Supplemental type certificate (STC)SR00692DE for installation of oabin Heater systeh on BellHelicopter Model No. 429.

The eGCA Project for development of eGCA application/solution:

eGCA project for developmentof eGCA application/solution is inimplementation phase. Phase 1 Go live has been completed and Phase 2implementation is in progress.

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI}

During the month of March 2020, Ml awarded work for:

(i) Construction of New Integrated Passenger Terminal Building at C.C.SInternational Airport, Lucknow SH:- Provision of Baggage HandlingSystem along with CT- EDS at a Cost of Rs 104.14 crores on 20.3.2020.

(ii) Extension of Runway with Blast Pad, Taxiway, RESA, Resurfacing ofExisting Runway and other associated works at Kolhapur Airport. Sl-Addilional works for extension of runwav at a cost of Rs 66.12 crores on5.3.2020.

Traffic Trend:

Monthly Traftic Reporter tor the month of December, 2019 has beenprepared and uploaded on AAI website. The broad highlights of TrafficReporter for lhe month of December, 2019 and (Apnl - Dec) 2019-20 are asfollows: -

FEBRUARY. 2O2O VIS-A-VIS FEBRUARY, 2019During the month of February 2020, all Indian airports taken togelher handled222.48 thousand aircraft movements (excluding General AviationMovements), 29.48 million passengers and 267.86 thousand tonnes of freight.

The aircraft movements and passenger tratlic have increased by 10.8% and

7.1% respectively while the freight has decreased by 1.2% during February,

2020 over February, 2019.

FEBRUARY, 2O2O VIS-A.VIS FEBRUARY, 2019

During the period of (April-February) 2019-20, all Indian airports takentogether handled 2422.62 thousand aircraft movements (excluding GeneralAviation Movements), 323.47 million passengers and 31 18.19 thousandtonnes of freight. The aircraft movements and passenger traffic haveincreased by 1.2o/o and 2.2o/o respectively while the freight has decreased by4.1% during the period under study.

Aerodrome Licensino Workshoo: To sensitize APDS on various Licensingissues including early closure of pending DGCA surveillance inspectionobservations, two-day workshop covering regulations, documents to be

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submitted for nedrenewal/lFR to VFR conversion of licenses, AefodromeManual preparation, Change Management, DGCA checklist, ATRS, SMSManual etc. have been conducted in Mumbai on 3d and 4rh March 2020.

Air lndia Ltd.

Ooerational Fleet Siz6

B. On Time Performance for the month ot March. 2020

C. Air lndia Market Share:

Sector : llad(et Sharc (%|lnternational (Jan 2020) 18.00Domestic (Jan 2020) 1 1.60

D. The details of flights operated for evacuation and subsequent quarantine ofIndians coming from abroad, in addition to cargo flights operated during theCOVID-19 crisis:

(i) InternationalFlights;

a) DelhiMilan-Delhi (Al-137iAl-138) - 14rh March 2020b) DelhiRome-Delhi (Al-123lAl-122\ - 21"t March 2020

(iD Domestic Flightsa) Delhi-Jaisalmer-Del i lAl-2421141-2422) - 1sth N4arch 2020b) DelhiJaisalmer-Delhi (Al-3421141-342 - 15th March 2020c) Delhi-Jaisalmer-Delhi (Al4421 l Al-442 -'1 6th l\4arch 2020d) DelhiJaisalmef-Delhi (Al-54211A1-5422) - 18th l\4arch 2020e) Delhi-Jaisalmer-Delhi (Al-64211A1-6422) - 18ih l\4arch 2020f) Delhi-Jodhpur-Delhi (Al-7421141-7422) - 25th March 2020g) Delhi-Jodhpur-Delhl (Al-U21lAl-8422) - 25th March 2020

(iii) Cargo Flights-a) Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai (Al-1677/Al-1624) - 26rh March 2020b) Delhi-Aizwal-Kolkata-Hyderabad (Al-1889) - 27'h March 2020c) Mumbai-Delhi-l,Iumbai (Al-1809/Al-'1624) - 28rh March 2020d) Delhi-lmphal-Delhi (Al-1889/Al-1890) - 28th Mafch 2020

As on 31.03.2020

Air India expressAlliance Air

MonthDom$lic OTP

(%)lnternational OTP

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oTP (%)

Mar-20 83.9 79.8 42.4

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e) Mumbai-Delhi-Hyderabad-Chennai-Mumbai (Al-1677lAl-1624) -29h March 2020

D Mumbai-Delhi-Bengaluru-Coimbatore-Mumbai (Al-1677lAl-1 41 7) - 30!l March 2020

9) Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai (Al-1549/Al-1550) - 31d March2020

h) DelhiHyderabad-Trivandrum€oa(Al-1439) - 3'l d March 2020i) Mumbai-Delhi-Guwahati-Mumbai (Al-1677/4l-1624) - 31st

March 2020

5. Status of Public Grievanc$ in MoCA

No. of Public Grievances redre8sedduring the month

No, of Grievances pending at theend of the month

404 1320

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