GoAir launches daily direct service between Mangaluru-Mumbai from Thursday

NEW DELHI: GoAir, Indian low-cost airline based in Mumbai and owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group, announced the launch of a daily direct service between Mangaluru – Mumbai starting Thursday.
GoAir will link Mumbai to Mangaluru with a daily direct flight operated by state-of-the-art Airbus 320neo, said Kaushik Khona, chief executive officer, GoAir adding the schedule of this flight has been planned to allow quick and convenient connections to Mangaluru.
GoAir flight G8 0338 will depart Mangaluru at 9.30am and arrive Mumbai at 11am. On the return, GoAir flight G8 0335 will depart Mumbai at 7.40am and arrive at Mangaluru at 9am.
Khona said that in a span of three weeks they plan to introduce direct flight to Bengaluru and will add one stop flights to Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmadabad and also international routes after evaluation.
He said marketing operations had ensured that the first inaugural flights, both to and fro, had been booked by 160 passengers. “We will conduct a survey to identify one-stop flights to domestic as well as international routes. We will ensure that the layover for the connecting flights are as minimal as possible,” he noted.