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Starting Dec 9, GoAir to connect Kannur with Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai

Kannur would be GoAir's 24th destination in its domestic network

Starting December 9, GoAir will connect Bengaluru with Phuket, Male

The city-based airline made its overseas debut last month

GoAir Flight G8 174 and G8 285 suffer glitches, forced to return midway

A Pratt & Whitney engine-powered A320Neo plane of budget carrier GoAir was Saturday forced to return to Delhi after departing for Male due to a "component" issue while another Delhi-bound flight came back to Goa airport due to "faulty" alarm in the aircraft's cargo hold area, the airline said. The airline, however, did not specify the number of passengers on board the two glitch-hit aircraft. "GoAir Flight G8 174 from Delhi - Male suffered a technical glitch. As per the standard operating procedure, the captain decided to return to Delhi. Post landing, the glitch was identified and rectified by changing a component. The aircraft is currently operational," GoAir said in a statement Sunday. Significantly, the Wadia group-promoted no-frills airline had commenced flight services to Male from New Delhi and Mumbai only last week as part of its international operations. The city-based airline made its foray into the international market on October 11 with the launch of its

GoAir A320neo shutdown last February an engine assembly error, reveals DGCA

Globally, Airbus has delivered 384 A320neo planes, including 105 to airlines in India. Currently, four A320neos of GoAir are grounded for want of replacement engines

Why Naresh Goyal should meet Nusli Wadia

If for nothing else, to figure out how to keep a cap on headcount cost

GoAir COO Jyri Strandman quits amid differences with carrier's promoters

Airline's chief commercial officer Manish Raniga has quit in August, followed by senior executives in finance, marketing and asset management departments

GoAir starts 3-day sale; offers flight tickets starting from Rs 1099

Tickets are available currently and would be on sale till September 12, GoAir said in statement

Amid engine snag reports, GoAir to induct 13 more A320 Neo this year

Budget carrier GoAir, which today announced commencement of its overseas flights from October, said it will induct 13 more A320 Neo planes this year. The airline also said plans to bring an initial public offering (IPO) is not at the table right now. "We already have 19 Airbus A320 new engine option (Neo) planes in the fleet, and we have 13 more such planes to come this year," Cornelis Vrieswijik, chief executive officer, GoaAir, told reporters today. Four of these planes will be joining the fleet next month, he said, adding, "The induction of A320 Neo will go up significantly from next month." On the IPO, Vrieswijik said, "There has been plan, but it is not there on the table for now." On the issue of frequent glitches in the Pratt & Whitney engines, which power these planes, the GoAir chief executive said that faulty engines are major issues when it comes to operations. He was, however, quick to add that all aircraft, except one or two, have the engines of latest .

GoAir will enter into code-share agreements with foreign airlines: CEO

The Wadia group-owned airline on Thursday announced its maiden international flights to Phuket and Male from Mumbai and Delhi from October

GoAir international ops launch in Oct, first flight on Mumbai-Phuket route

GoAir is looking to launch flights to 3-4 international destinations by March next year, a source said

GoAir's international ops begin in Oct, to connect Kannur with Dammam

The services are expected to start from the winter schedule, beginning October end

IndiGo, GoAir find no defects after visual inspections of 50 PW engines

IndiGo and GoAir have carried out "visual inspections" of a total of 50 Pratt & Whitney engines powering their A320 neo aircraft in the last fortnight but no abnormalities were detected, a senior official said today. The visual inspections were done after US regulator FAA issued an airworthiness directive on June 26 to check for possible engine fan hub damage of certain P&W engines. IndiGo and GoAir, operating A320 neo fleet with P&W engines, have been facing engine issues in these aircraft that even forced grounding of many planes. A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said no abnormalities were found during visual inspection of a total of 50 affected P&W engines. "In compliance with AD (Airworthiness Directive), IndiGo has carried out one time inspection of 34 affected engines and GoAir carried out inspection on 16 affected engines. "No abnormality has been observed with these engines fitted on A320 neos being operated by Indigo and ...

GoAir flight to Europe? Airline mulls wide-body aircraft, long-haul routes

CEO Cornelis Vrieswijk said the airline will make an announcement on its first foreign flights in a few weeks but did not disclose the destinations

GoAir moderates growth plans owing to rising fuel price, shortage of pilots

Jet Airways reported a loss of Rs 10.45 billion in the last quarter while low-cost carrier IndiGo's profit dipped by 73 per cent

Former easyJet executive Cor Vrieswijk is GoAir's new CEO

Vrieswijk worked in various positions in KLM before taking over as COO in Transavia and easyJet

Ex-EasyJet executive Cornelis Vrieswijk is GoAir's new CEO from June 4

The airline had earlier in February appointed US national Jyri Strandman as its chief operating officer

GoAir sees 2 high level exits within months of Prock Schauer's resignation

Those stepping down include airline's chief financial officer Krishnan Balakrishnan and its vice president (finance) Silveria Dsouza

GoAir flight with 176 passengers makes emergency landing at Delhi

This is at least the second incident of emergency landing reported on Monday in the country

GoAir cancels two flights as A320 neo planes develop snag

A Mumbai-Delhi and a Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar flight were cancelled

GoAir names Spirit Airlines's Jyri Strandman as its chief operating officer

The appointment coincided with the quitting of GoAir's chief executive officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer