MUMBAI, November 15, 2007: GoAir has received its new A320 aircraft from Airbus. This aircraft is part of the US$ 1.2 billion order that GoAir had placed with Airbus last year. The fleet comprise of Airbus A320 aircrafts with a maximum speed of 0.82 Mach (approx 870 km/h, 541 mph or 470 kts). Each of these aircraft can accommodate a maximum of 180 passengers and has a single class seating configuration. The in-flight service crew comprises of 1 captain, 1 co-pilot  and 4 flight attendants

Commenting on the new delivery Mr Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir said: “The new aircraft we have received is the second delivery of our US$ 1.2 billion order we placed with Airbus last year. Following the induction of the new aircraft, we shall be operating 561 commercial flights per week under the new winter schedule. We plan to have 41 aircraft by March 2012.”

GoAir has been consistently recording highest load factors in the industry. The average flown load factors of GoAir during the first half of this financial year was 81 per cent. The airline recorded 108 per cent growth in passenger traffic at the close of the First Half of the current fiscal. “We have been recording escalating growth in passenger traffic flown on a quarter-on-quarter basis. At the close of the second quarter of the current fiscal, GoAir’s passenger traffic volume increased by 123 per cent. In the first quarter, we had recorded 95 per cent growth in passenger traffic,” affirmed Mr Wadia. With the onset of the festive and tourist season in India, GoAir is poised to maintain this trend of escalation in growth rate of its passenger traffic during the third quarter too.

GoAir will complete its expansion programme of doubling its flight operations by November-end. According to this expansion programme, GoAir is doubling the overall frequency within its network by increasing commercial flight operations from 259 flights to 561 commercial flights per week. This expansion programme is being rolled out despite the fact that GoAir has no plans to add new destinations to its current network during this fiscal. The airline will completely focus on the 11 destinations it is currently operating in.