GoAir continues aggressive domestic expansion with 12 new flights

October 4, 2019: Low-cost carrier GoAir will be flagging of 12 new flights on October 5 as a continuation of its aggressive expansion plans in the domestic network.

The six new flights will be operated on the new routes - Delhi-Chandigarh, Lucknow-Ahmedabad and Kolkata-Lucknow, while Kolkata-Guwahati and Ahmedabad-Chandigarh routes will get four and two new flights, respectively.

"There are six new flights and other six flights are frequency additions on our existing sectors," said Jeh Wadia, managing director, GoAir. GoAir has already connected Lucknow to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and the new flight to Kolkata are in sync with the company's vision to connect Lucknow to India's metro cities, he added.

The airline also said it has added 16 aircraft to the fleet since the launch of international operations in October last year, which has resulted in 90 new flights. GoAir has added eight new airports to its network: Phuket, Male, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Dubai, Bangkok, Kannur and Kuwait, it said. The city-based airline currently operates 330 daily flights to 24 domestic and seven international destinations.