Monday, January 11, 2016

GoAir, IndiGo, Vistara and SpiceJet adding flights across the country, giving passengers more options to travel

New Delhi/Mumbai: India's carriers are adding flights across the country giving passengers more options to travel as demand remains robust.
GoAir, IndiGo and SpiceJet are adding flights, Vistara is growing its fleet while Jet Airways is planning to announce new services shortly. GoAir today said that it is launching 12 additional daily frequencies and 4 new routes.
With the launch of four new routes, GoAir becomes the first airline to directly connect Mumbai - Leh and Bengaluru - Port Blair 'in the wake of growing demand on these sectors'. "GoAir also announced daily direct connectivity between Bengaluru, Patna and Ranchi," the airline said in a release.
Additional frequencies with improved timings have also been introduced connecting 10 Indian cities. "Ranchi, Lucknow and Patna will see increased daily frequencies from Delhi. Srinagar will be additionally connected with Mumbai. Leh will also see an additional frequency to Srinagar," the airline said.
Recently,IndiGo announced the launch of 24 new flights connecting key cities within the country.
Before that, SpiceJet said that it has increased capacity on the Delhi-Kabul route as well as on domestic routes such as Chennai- Kochi, Bengaluru-Vijaywada, Kochi-Chennai and Hyderabad-Vijaywada.
On Saturday, Vistara said it would be adding 4 Airbus A320 planes this year. The airline currently operates a fleet of 9 Airbus 320 aircraft and operates 307 weekly flights to 12 destinations across the country.
11/01/16 Mihir Mishra & Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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