GoAir doubling flights by October-end

As part of its expansion plan, low-cost airlines GoAir, will add two new aircraft to its fleet by November and double its flight operations from October-end.

This is part of the frequency enhancement programme that GoAir is rolling out across its entire network, a company statement said.

The airlines would double the overall frequency of its network by increasing its flight operations from 259 flights to 561 commercial flights per week.

The new flights are scheduled to start operations from this October 28. The expansion programme is being rolled out despite the fact that GoAir has no plane to add new destinations to its current network during this fiscal.

The airline will completely focus on the 11 destinations it is presently operating in, the statement said. GoAir's operational strategy comes in the wake of the airlines consistently recording highest load factor in excess of 80 per cent during the last few months.

The airlines has also recorded 123 per cent growth in its passenger traffic at the close of the second quarter. Given the escalation in passenger volumes and the new demand generation, the airline is enhancing its current flight frequencies by inducting additional flights in its existing network, the company release added.

Announcing GoAir's winter schedule and first phase roll-out of its frequency building programme, its Managing Director, Jeh Wadia said: "GoAir will now operate 177 departures from Mumbai, 130 departures from Delhi and 40 departures from Hyderabad."

Wadia further added the company will also operate "49 departures from Bangalore, 36 departures from Goa, 28 departures from Jaipur, 21 departures from Ahmedabad, 27 departures from Chennai, 14 departures from Cochin every week amongst others."

GoAir will also be adding new connections within its present network. The airline has announced new flights to connected Bangalore and Hyderabad, Jaipur and Goa, Delhi and Hyderabad, Delhi and Kochi, Goa and Bangalore, Jammu and Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi as well as Chennai and Delhi.