India’s low-cost carrier plans to open direct service to Hanoi

India’s budget passenger carrier GoAir plans to add destinations such as Vietnam’s Hanoi capital and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capital to its international network by the year-end, the IANS, India's largest independent news agency, reported on July 21.
India’s low-cost carrier plans to open direct service to Hanoi ảnh 1GoAir plane (Source: India Today)

New Delhi (VNA) – India’s budget passenger carrier GoAir plans to adddestinations such as Vietnam’s Hanoi capital and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capitalto its international network by the year-end, the IANS, India's largestindependent news agency, reported on July 21.

GoAir's Vice-President(International Operations) Arjun Dasgupta told IANS that the airline wasconsidering further expansion in Southeast Asia and the South Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.

Dasgupta said that thedestinations would be selected keeping in mind the airline's aircraft range.Currently, the airline operates Airbus A320Neos aircraft, which have anendurance of around six-hours of flying time.

Consequent to itsexpansion plans, the airline has enhanced its fleet size and recently took thedelivery of its 51st plane. Going forward, it will be adding at least oneaircraft every month.

GoAir has servedapproximately 73.3 million passengers since its inception. The company aims totouch the figure of 100 million in the next two years.-VNA
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