GoAir to fly from 10 Indian cities to Phuket by 2019-end

GoAir is set to fly to the beach island of Phuket from eight more Indian cities by next year-end. The Budget Airline at present flies to Phuket in Thailand and Male in Maldives from Mumbai and New Delhi. The flight services to Phuket from New Delhi was started on October 11, 2018.

This is part of the airline's recent push to go to more international destinations. GoAir managing director Jeh Wadia said, "We announce that Phuket is our first international route...We are making Phuket our Thailand hub. We already have routes from Mumbai and Delhi to Phuket, and by the end of next year, we will increase this to 10 cities flying direct to Phuket".

GoAir aims to amplify and replicate its domestic success story, he added. GoAir received rights in August 2016 to operate to nine countries, including China, Vietnam, Maldives, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, among others, PTI revealed.

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The airline had become qualified for overseas flights when it took delivery of its 20th aircraft two years ago. It operates more than 1,550 weekly flights across 23 domestic and two international destinations. GoAir has a fleet of 41 Airbus A320 planes, including 22 A320 Neos.