Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG)

As per Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) laid down by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, India, all pan-India scheduled carriers are required to deploy their capacity in the following way.

CAT-II routes: Minimum 10% of the capacity deployed on CAT-I routes.

CAT-IIA routes: Minimum 1% of the capacity deployed on CAT-I routes. 

CAT-III routes: Minimum 50% of the capacity deployed on CAT-I routes. 

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CAT-I routes

Following 12 routes are recognised as CAT-I routes.

1 Delhi-Mumbai

2 Delhi-Kolkata

3 Delhi-Bengaluru

4 Delhi-Chennai

5 Delhi-Hyderabad

6 Mumbai-Bengaluru

7 Mumbai-Kolkata

8 Mumbai-Chennai

9 Mumbai-Hyderabad

10 Mumbai-Trivandrum

11 Kolkata-Bengaluru

12 Kolkata-Chennai

CAT-II routes

Routes to North-East India, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar islands and Lakshadweep islands from other parts of India.

CAT-IIA routes

Routes within North-East India and Jammu & Kashmir.

CAT-IIA routes

All other routes are CAT-III routes.