September 30, 2018
GoAir To Launch International Operations In October
GoAir To Launch International Operations In October
GoAir is all set to fly international from October, with the first
flight to operate on the Mumbai-Phuket route, a source privy to
development said. The bookings for the maiden international flight will
commence soon and an announcement to this effect is expected to be made
by Thursday, the source said. Cheap Flights from Seoul to ShanghaiMumbai-based GoAir, which became eligible to fly overseas more than two
years ago when it took delivery of its 20th aircraft, will be the fifth
domestic carrier to have international operations.
"We will be launching our international operations with a flight to
Phuket (Thailand) from Mumbai in October. We have all regulatory
approvals in place and the flight is expected to go into the system
(bookings) in a week's time," the source told news agency Press Trust of
India.
The source said the airline is looking to launch three to four
international destinations by March next year, adding the proposed
Mumbai-Phuket service will have daily operations. GoAir spokesperson was
not available for comments.
Thailand ambassador to India Chutintorn Gongsakdi had last week tweeted,
"Go Airlines (India) or GoAir has been approved as designate airline to
fly to Thailand since August 10."
The Wadia group-owned airline, which launched its domestic operations in
November 2005, was in August 2016 granted rights to operate to nine
countries, including China, Vietnam, Maldives, Kazakhstan, Qatar and
Saudi Arabia.
GoAir had planned to launch services on the international routes in
October last year but had to defer the plan due to the grounding of some
of the Pratt & Whitney engine-powered Airbus A320 Neo planes owing
to engine glitches.
"We are mulling to have three to four international destinations in our
flight network by this fiscal year and Male (Maldives) could be the next
destination after Phuket," the source said.
GoAir currently operates over 1,544 weekly flights across 23
destinations with a fleet of 38 Airbus A320 planes, including 19 A320
Neos.
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