**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to Unstarred Question No. 789 in Lok Sabha, scheduled for answer on December 4, 2025, regarding airport proposals, UDAN routes, and drone logistics corridors in Tiruvallur. The response indicates that there are currently no proposals under consideration by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for Greenfield or Brownfield airports in the Tiruvallur region, nor for drone logistics corridors. The annexure contains details of RCS routes awarded in the State of Tamil Nadu.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Airport Proposals:**
* No Greenfield or Brownfield airport or airstrip proposals are under consideration for Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency, including Avadi, Gummidipoondi, and Ponneri.
* **UDAN Routes:**
* Airstrip Tiruvallur is not on the tentative list of unserved airports in the UDAN document.
* The RCS Routes awarded in the State of Tamil Nadu is provided in Annexure.
* 68 routes are awarded under RCS. 26 are operationalized, 30 are cancelled and 12 are yet to commence.
* **Drone Logistics:**
* No proposals for drone logistics corridors are under consideration for industrial clusters in Gummidipoondi and Avadi.
* No proposals are under consideration for establishing heliports, vertiports, or drone hubs in the region.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Citizens of Tiruvallur Lok Sabha Constituency:**
**Impact:** Citizens may be disappointed that there are currently no plans for new airports, airstrips or drone logistics corridors in their region.
**Action Required:** None indicated.
* **Businesses and Industries in Gummidipoondi and Avadi:**
**Impact:** Businesses and industries might not see immediate advancements in logistics infrastructure via drone corridors.
**Action Required:** None indicated.
* **Ministry of Civil Aviation:**
**Impact:** The ministry is responsible for monitoring and potentially revisiting the needs and opportunities for aviation infrastructure development in the Tiruvallur region.
**Action Required:** Continuously monitor the requirements and opportunities for aviation infrastructure in the area.
* **Airports Authority of India**
**Impact**
Data source for the RCS routes and information.
**Action Required:**
None indicated.
Key Entities Referenced
UDAN: Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN is a government initiative to enhance air connectivity to underserved airports across India
Ministry of Civil Aviation: The central government ministry responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and policies relating to civil aviation in India.
Tamil Nadu: Indian state, location of the Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency and the UDAN routes discussed.
Tiruvallur: Lok Sabha constituency for which airport and airstrip proposals are being considered.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 789
th
(To be answered on the 4 December 2025)
GREENFIELD AND BROWNFIELD AIRPORT IN TIRUVALLUR
789. SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL
Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION
be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has approved any Greenfield or Brown field
airport or airstrip proposals for Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency including the
regions of Avadi, Gummidipoondi and Ponneri and if so, the details and the
present status of each proposal;
(b) the number of UDAN routes that have been sanctioned, awarded and made
operational within a 50 km radius of Tiruvallur along with the corresponding
passenger traffic data for these routes;
(c) whether the Government has planned any drone logistics corridors for the
industrial clusters located in Gummidipoondi and Avadi and if so, the details
thereof along with the permissions or clearances granted in this regard; and (d)
the timeline proposed by the Government for establishing heliports, vertiports or
drone hubs in this region and the mechanism available for citizens to publicly
track the progress of these projects?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Murlidhar Mohol)(a) No such proposal is under consideration of this Ministry.
(b) Airstrip Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu is not available in the tentative list of
unserved airports in the UDAN document. However, the RCS Routes
awarded in the State of Tamil Nadu is provided in Annexure.
(c) No such proposal is under consideration of this Ministry.
(d) No such proposal is under consideration of this Ministry.
*****ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 789 DUE FOR
ANSWER ON 04.12.2025
RCS Routes Details of Tamil Nadu
Awarded routes 68
Operationalized routes 26 (38.23%)
Cancelled routes 30 (44.12%)
Balance routes yet to 12 (17.65%)
commence
Routes awarded under RCS – UDAN
S. N. Round Departure Arrival Operator Started on Remarks
1. 1 Chennai Mysore Trujet 20-09-2017 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
2. 1 Mysore Chennai Trujet 20-09-2017 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
3. 1 Chennai Kadapa Trujet 16-11-2017 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
4. 1 Kadapa Chennai Trujet 16-11-2017 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
5. 1 Chennai Salem Trujet 25-03-2018 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
6. 1 Salem Chennai Trujet 25-03-2018 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
7. 2 Chennai Kannur Indigo 25-01-2019 Operational as non-RCS
8. 2 Kannur Chennai Indigo 25-01-2019 Operational as non-RCS
9. 2 Chennai Hubli Spicejet 14-05-2018 Non-operational.
10. 2 Hubli Chennai Spicejet 14-05-2018 Non-operational.
11. 2 Chennai Hubli Indigo 01-07-2018 Non-operational.
12. 2 Hubli Chennai Indigo 01-07-2018 Non-operational.
13. 3 Chennai Durgapur Spicejet 27-10-2019 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
14. 3 Durgapur Chennai Spicejet 27-10-2019 Operational commercially by
Indigo.
15. 4 Chennai Kurnool Indigo 28-03-2021 Non-operational
16. 4 Kurnool Chennai Indigo 28-03-2021 Non-operational17. 5.0 Salem Bangalore Alliance Air 16-10-2023 Operational
18. 5.0 Bangalore Salem Alliance Air 16-10-2023 Operational
19. 5.0 Salem Cochin Alliance Air 16-10-2023 Operational
20. 5.0 Cochin Salem Alliance Air 16-10-2023 Operational
21. 5.0 Salem Bangalore Indigo 30-10-2023 Operational
22. 5.0 Bangalore Salem Indigo 30-10-2023 Operational
23. 5.0 Salem Hyderabad Indigo 30-10-2023 Operational
24. 5.0 Hyderabad Salem Indigo 30-10-2023 Operational
25. 5.0 Chennai Shivamogga Spicejet 10-10-2024 Operational
26. 5.0 Shivamogg Chennai Spicejet 10-10-2024 Operational
a
27. 1 Chennai Kadapa Air Odisha Cancelled
28. 1 Kadapa Chennai Air Odisha Cancelled
29. 1 Chennai Mysore Air Odisha Cancelled
30. 1 Mysore Chennai Air Odisha Cancelled
31. 1 Chennai Neyveli Air Odisha Cancelled
32. 1 Neyveli Chennai Air Odisha Cancelled
33. 1 Chennai Pondicherry Air Odisha Cancelled
34. 1 Salem Bangalore Air Odisha Cancelled
35. 1 Bangalore Salem Air Odisha Cancelled
36. 1 Salem Pondicherry Air Odisha Cancelled
37. 1 Puducherry Salem Air Odisha Cancelled
38. 2 Chennai Kannur Spicejet Cancelled
39. 2 Kannur Chennai Spicejet Cancelled
40. 2 Chennai Vellore Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
41. 2 Vellore Chennai Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
42. 2 Vellore Bangalore Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
43. 2 Bangalore Vellore Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
44. 2 Chennai Tanjore Spicejet Cancelled
45. 2 Tanjore Chennai Spicejet Cancelled
46. 3 Tanjore Bangalore Spicejet Cancelled47. 3 Bangalore Tanjore Spicejet Cancelled
48. 3.1 Chennai Ramnad Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
49. 3.1 Ramnad Chennai Turbo Cancelled
Aviation
50. 4.1 Neyveli Chennai Spicejet Cancelled
51. 4.1 Chennai Neyveli Spicejet Cancelled
52. 4.1 Vellore Bangalore Spicejet Cancelled
53. 4.1 Bangalore Vellore Spicejet Cancelled
54. 4.1 Chennai Vellore Spicejet Cancelled
55. 4.1 Vellore Chennai Spicejet Cancelled
56. 5.0 Agatti Chennai Spicejet Cancelled
57. 4.2 Vellore Bangalore Aviation Vellore airport not ready
Connectivity
58. 4.2 Bangalore Vellore Aviation
Connectivity
59. 4.2 Neyveli Chennai Aviation Neyvelli airport not ready
Connectivity
60. 4.2 Chennai Neyveli Aviation
Connectivity
61. 4.2 Chennai Vellore Aviation Vellore airport not ready
Connectivity
62. 4.2 Vellore Chennai Aviation
Connectivity
63. 4.2 Bangalore Tanjore Aviation Tanjore airport not ready
Connectivity
64. 4.2 Tanjore Bangalore Aviation
Connectivity
65. 4.2 Chennai Tanjore Aviation
Connectivity
66. 4.2 Tanjore Chennai Aviation
Connectivity
67. 4.2 Chennai Ramnad Aviation Ramnad airport not ready
Connectivity
68. 4.2 Ramnad Chennai Aviation
Connectivity
Letter of Intent Issued in the State of Tamil Nadu
S. N. Round Departure Arrival SAO Aircraft Frequency Date of
seating LOI
capacity1. 5.2 Salem Mysore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
2. 5.2 Mysore Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
3. 5.2 Salem Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
4. 5.2 Vellore Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
5. 5.2 Madurai Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
6. 5.2 Salem Madurai Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
7. 5.2 Vellore Cochin Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
International
Airport
(CIAL)
8. 5.2 Cochin Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
International
Airport
(CIAL)
9. 5.2 Salem Tirupati Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
10. 5.2 Tirupati Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
11. 5.2 Tiruchirapalli Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
12. 5.2 Salem Tiruchirapalli Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
13. 5.2 Salem Pondicherry Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
14. 5.2 Pondicherry Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
15. 5.2 Salem Coimbatore Air Safa 19 56 seats per week 11.03.2024
16. 5.2 Coimbatore Salem Air Safa 19 56 seats per week 11.03.2024
17. 5.2 Salem Tuticorin Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
18. 5.2 Tuticorin Salem Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
19. 5.2 Vellore Pondicherry Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
20. 5.2 Pondicherry Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
21. 5.2 Vellore Coimbatore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.202422. 5.2 Coimbatore Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
23. 5.2 Vellore Madurai Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
24. 5.2 Madurai Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
25. 5.2 Vellore Tiruchirapalli Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
26. 5.2 Tiruchirapalli Vellore Air Safa 19 54 seats per week 11.03.2024
SOURCE: AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA