GoAir
India
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Paper Box House,Go Air is a domestic budget airline based in Mumbai, India owned by Mumbai-based Wadia Group, majority owners of Bombay Dyeing and Britannia Industries. The airline aims to be the lowest-cost airline in India and will provide passengers a comfortable and affordable option to popular holiday and business destinations in India. GoAir is positioned as ‘the Smart People's Airline’. It’s captivating theme, ‘Fly Smart’ is aimed at offering passengers a consistent, quality-assured and time-efficient service through ‘pocket-friendly’ fares. The airline uses the state-of-the-art Airbus A320 aircraft fleet. The airline was established in June 2004. On 9 June 2005 Go Air announced that it intended to launch operations in October 2005 with a fleet of 20 leased Airbus A320 aircraft.
Initial flights would be in the southern and western areas of India with the first nine A320s, the remaining 11 aircraft being added in the second year. The airline is also in discussion with both Airbus and Boeing on the purchase of between 20 and 40 new aircraft, with a contract to be in place by the end of 2005 and with deliveries to start by 2007.
GoAir's route network spans prominent business and leisure destinations, across India. The route network will provide a value for money option for both business and leisure travellers, without compromising on either safety or service. The airline operates between popular sectors like Mumbai to Ahmedabad, Delhi to Mumbai, Chennai to Delhi, Bangalore to Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Goa, among others. GoAir will soon cover more routes like Bhavnagar, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Rajkot, Bhopal, Madurai and Kozhikode, at competitive prices in the coming months. Adding new destinations to facilitate travel will be part of GoAir's aggressive strategy.
Go Airlines (India) Pvt Ltd is the aviation foray of the Wadia Group, The airline operates its services under the brand GoAir. GoAir launched its operations in November 2005. GoAir, a low-fare carrier launched with the objective of commoditising air travel, offers airline seats at marginal premium to train fares across India.
The airline currently operates across 11 destinations through 561 weekly flights.
