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GoAir launches daily night flight services from Srinagar to Delhi
Budget carrier GoAirhas become the first airline in the country to operate night services from Srinagar with the launch of a daily flight to Delhi on Friday, the airline said. Going forward, GoAir will operate a scheduled flight from Srinagar that will depart at 8:30 pm every day, a release said on Saturday. GoAir was also the first airline to operate morning flights to-and-from Srinagar. The first night flight from Srinagar marks the dawn of a new era and GoAir is proud to provide maximum connectivity from several airports in India to Srinagar, Jammu and Leh, it said. GoAir is keen to provide freedom to customers to plan their travel and provide day-return connectivity to major airports like Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities, said the release. "It gives me immense pleasure to dedicate the first-ever night flight from Srinagar to Delhi as a salute to the spirit of Srinagar. GoAir is also strengthening the network across the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh ...
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GoAir plans to add new routes ahead of IPO, looks to hire senior executives
The airline currently operates 37 of its total fleet of 53 Airbus A320 aircraft
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Former Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube plans to launch a new airline in 2021
Dube has teamed up with his airline colleagues Praveen Iyer and Nikhil Ved for the venture and has held talks with aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing
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IndiGo, SpiceJet had on-time performance of 93.7%, 76.9% in Jan: Puri
GoAir's on-time performance was 72.8 per cent
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Rumblings and grumblings in the sky
International traffic is showing no sign of picking up and for Indian carriers, West Asia - a lucrative market - is still out of bounds
Top headlines: All Jaguars to go electric, IT sector revenue to hit $194 bn
A month into the vaccination drive, which has covered more than 8.5 million so far, the health ministry has indicated that Covid-19 vaccines are not likely to be there in the open market anytime soon
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GoAir's chances of thriving may depend on the promoters taking a back seat
GoAir's failure to retain senior management has been ascribed to the classic weakness of Indian promoters
GoAir to connect Hyderabad with direct flight to the Maldives
GoAir announced the launch of its maiden direct flight connecting Hyderabad with Maldives
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GoAir offers 1 mn seats at low fares starting Rs 859 on domestic travel
Budget carrier GoAir on Friday put one million seats up for sale on its domestic network at fares starting as low as Rs 859, under a limited-period special offer ahead of the Republic Day.
GoAir sacks pilot over derogatory tweet against PM Narendra Modi
India's low-cost airline GoAir on Saturday terminated its senior pilot from services over his derogatory remarks on Modi on Twitter
GoAir announces expansion of services to United Arab Emirates
Budget carrier GoAir on Thursday announced expansion of its services to the UAE with launch of new flights to Sharjah from Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi and Kannur
Increased ownership in AirAsia to help Tata group extends its wingspan
The plan to take ownership of AirAsia would give it a presence in both the full-service and low-cost carrier markets
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GoAir plane makes emergency landing in Karachi as passenger suffers stroke
A Delhi-bound GoAir plane made an emergency landing at Karachi after a passenger onboard suffered cardiac arrest and later died, according to an airline official
GoAir's internal probe finds senior executive guilty of sexual harassment
Confirming the development, another source said the incident with one of the female employees happened during an official overseas trip.
Top headlines: Wipro Q2 profit dips, GoAir pilots stop P&W engine mid-air
From Wipro reporting decline in Q2 profit year-on-year, Godrej Properties buying land in Bengaluru to J&J pausing Covid vaccine, Business Standard brings you top news of the evening
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Operated 500 international flights till September 27, says GoAir
GoAir on Monday said it has operated a total of 500 international flights, including 60 services under various air bubble pacts and21 flights under the Vande Bharat Mission
Dues of 4 major airlines to AAI more than doubled in Feb-July period
An airline has to pay various charges like air navigation, landing, parking etc to the AAI to use facilities at any of its more than 100 airports
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GoAir partners Stemz Healthcare to offer Covid-19 testing to passengers
Budget carrier GoAir on Thursday said it has partnered Stemz Healthcare to offer coronavirus testing facility to its domestic and international passengers
Exodus of senior management at GoAir continues as 2 more executives quit
Their departure comes close on the heels of half-a-dozen other senior executives, including the then CEO Vinay Dube quitting the carrier last month
GoAir runs over 200 charter flights from Saudi Arabia; repatriates 37,016
GoAir has operated over 200 charter flights from Saudi Arabia to various domestic airports as part of repatriation efforts and has flown more than 37,000 passengers between June 10 and September 4
