GoAir may introduce business class soon

New Delhi: Air passengers can now look forward to travelling in the business class of budget carrier GoAir. The Mumbai-based airline is looking to introduce business class seats in a separate section called "Go Comfort" in all its flights in the winter schedule.
Currently, GoAir's aircraft have an all economy class configuration. A GoAir executive confirmed the development saying, "This will include serving food on board among some other frills." However, further details were not immediately known.
"They plan to initially reserve three or four rows for that segment. This will be offered on a trial basis by the month-end. Since an ideal business class has only two seats in an alignment, this segment will include the window and aisle seats, and the middle seat will be kept empty. Light snacks will be served on board at first. They will charge Rs 1,000 extra for these seats," said Mohit Srivastava, head of online sales, Makemytrip.com.
GoAir executives said at a later stage they plan to do away with one of the rows to make for more leg room in the business class segment. Light snacks would be replaced with full-fledged meals and the fares would increase. GoAir is the second budget carrier looking at transforming itself into a value carrier. Last month, the low-cost Deccan brand of Simplifly Deccan was changed to Kingfisher Red.
10/10/08 Anirban Chowdhury/Business Standard

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