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| June 28, 2006 |
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Business
Standard, Bureau, Mumbai: Low-cost carrier
GoAir has announced free baggage allowance of
30 kg for international passengers travelling
on GoAir flights. International passengers -both
inbound and outbound normally have baggage in
excess of the 15 kg permitted by domestic airlines.
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has new departure wing |
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| June 28, 2006
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Times Of India, Bureau, Mumbai: Passengers
flying to domestic destinations can now hope
to have an easier time at the Mumbai airport
where a new departure wing will become operational
from Wednesday, increasing the number of check-in
counters. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd
(MIAL) has said the brand-new section, Departure
II at Terminal 1B, will be used by Jet Airways.
Some other airlines will continue to have check-in
counters at Terminal IB, with the exception
of Indian, Go Air, Alliance and Kingfisher,
which operate out of Terminal 1A. |
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220,000 cheap air tickets going |
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| June
28, 2006 |
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Standard, P R Sanjai, Mumbai: GoAir
is offering 50,000 tickets at fares starting
from Rs 525 for flights between July and September.
GoAir executives said 10,000 such promotional
tickets were sold off recently, within a few
days. |
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GoAir
offers to buy Air Sahara
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| June 24, 2006 |
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Hindu Business Line, K Giriprakash, Mumbai:
Wadias' low cost airline GoAir has offered to
buy Air Sahara if the price is `right.' "We
are open to it (acquisition) if the price is
right," the GoAir Managing Director, Mr
Jeh Wadia, told Business Line. He, however,
said that Air Sahara had not approached the
airline yet. "It is too early for them
to talk to anybody," he said. Mr Wadia,
however, did not reveal the amount the airline
was willing to pay. "As we have not carried
out due diligence of Air Sahara, we will not
be able to talk about the price we are willing
to offer," Mr Wadia said. |
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Jet Airways
had inked a deal with Air Sahara to buy the
airline for $500 million (Rs 2,309 crore) before
the deal fell through early this week. Mr Wadia
said his airline is also in talks with a couple
of domestic airlines for an interline agreement.
The acquisition of Air Sahara would help GoAir
to fly international routes much earlier than
expected. As per civil aviation norms, airlines
can fly international routes only after completing
five years of domestic operations. It will also
help GoAir to get convenient time slots and
access to Air Sahara's infrastructure at various
airports across the country. |
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GoAir,
which started operations seven months ago, is
one of the latest low cost airlines to enter
the domestic air space. It currently has three
aircraft and plans to add eight more by October,
another 18 by October 2007 and 33 by October
2008. "All these will be from the A320
family and will be either leased or those purchased
by us," Mr Wadia said. For the first full
year of operations, GoAir expects to post revenues
of around Rs 500 crore and plans to break even
towards the end of next year. |
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Wadia said the airline, which has a PLF (passenger
load factor) of around 72 per cent, expects
to double its market share to around 8 per cent
by next year. Currently, 2 per cent of its revenues
are from advertisements on its aircraft, which
is expected to grow to 9 per cent by the end
of the year. |
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| It’s raining
goodies from skies |
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| June 21, 2006 |
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News & Analysis, Bhargavi Kerur, Mumbai:
If you travel to a Go Air sector in June or July
for full fare, you can avail a free ticket when
you travel in the same sector in August or September.
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| June 20, 2006 |
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Business
Standard, Bureau, Mumbai: Go
Air, recently tied up with AVAMer-chandising,
the Indian, wing of $20 million global retail
major. Group Envision Merchandising. For passengers,
that simply means, they can buy top-of-the-line
brands at discounted prices in India. |
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| The shopping
catalogue lists well -known brands in home,
office and personal products like mobile phones,
perfumes and apparel. Except the price tag and
the security check tag, there's another sticker
on the products. Passengers can shop for them
only in the skies. The products ordered, are
delivered free of cost to the passenger's doorstep.
Is that enough to lure customers to board Go? |
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Airlines splash
monsoon fare cuts
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| June 20, 2006 |
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Economic Times, Irshad Daftari, Mumbai: GoAir
and SpiceJet have been the first off the blocks,
offering sops to their flyers during the monsoon
months, while Air Deccan has decided to wait
and watch. The monsoon offers are primarily
to attract more flyers as well as to maintain
a high load factor during the lean period. |
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GoAir,
which has been aggressive in its marketing since
inception, has launched a “buy one-get
one free” scheme for the months of June
and July. GoAir customers flying in these two
months will receive a free ticket for the same
segment in the months of August and September.
Nearly 10,000 tickets are up for grabs under
this offer. According to Raj Halve, chief marketing
officer, GoAir, “While seasonality is
certainly one factor, we’re also looking
to encouraging people to fly more than once.”
GoAir has a marketshare of 2% as per DGCA figures.
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According
to Mr Halve, “ Globally low cost carriers
have built their brand equity over two decades
and in the last few years revenues have evened
out over the course of the year.”
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| Soon
you may have the ease of booking air tickets from
nearest mall Daily News & Analysis, |
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| June
10, 2006 |
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Priyanka
Golikeri, Mumbai: Frequent
fliers in India never had it so easy. With increasing
competition, the domestic airlines are coming
up with different modes of appeasement to rein
in maximum passengers and rake in utmost profit.
Airlines have devised innovative booking strategies
like e-ticketing, bookings at Web World outlets
etc, to provide passengers with fast and convenient
ticketing. Even though 20% of the ticket sales
still come from the airport counters, airline
officials are optimistic that gradually people
will become more aware of the different ticket
distribution networks. |
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private airlines accounting for over 69% of
the domestic traffic, the latest entrant in
the fray, Go Air, has implemented unconventional
medium to cater to a large section of people,
who are neither computer savvy nor credit card
holders. Tickets for Go Air can be purchased
at Go branded PCOs, Tata Indicom outlets, cell-phone
outlets and through Go customer care centres.
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| GoAir
to sell aircraft space for ads |
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| June 8, 2006 |
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Business
Standard, P R Sanjai, Mumbai: The
Wadia Group-promoted low fare carrier GoAir
is planning to sell space on its aircraft exteriors
and interiors to raise additional revenues.
Earlier, Air Deccan had sold its exterior and
interiors to generate additional revenues. GoAir
Managing Director Jeh Wadia said the airline
was in talks with various players for selling
its space but nothing has been finalised yet.
"We are planning to sell every blank space
in the aircraft to source incremental revenue.
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There
is space in tickets, boarding pass and other
spaces. We will also sell food and beverages
on board," Wadia said. However, selling
exterior space of an aircraft for advertisement
would not be an easy task as Airport Authority
of India (AAI) is claiming a certain percentage
of revenue from exterior space sales. |
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GoAir
has also launched its in flight shopping in
association with AVA Merchandising which will
facilitate passengers to purchase top-of-the-line
brands at discounted prices in India. |
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Merchandising is part of the Indian arm of $20
million global retail major Merchandising Group
Envision Merchandising (MGM). The in-flight
shopping scheme includes top of the line brands
in home, office and personal products such as
mobile phones, perfumes, casual wear, swim wear
and clothings. The products listed in the catalogue
can only be purchased on board GoAir flights
during the flight only. All products ordered
are delivered free of charge to every passenger
doorstep. |
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GoAir
currently operates a fleet of Airbus A320s covering
13 cities including Delhi, Srinagar and Jammu
with a total of 28 daily flights. GoAir has
a single class 180-seat configuration on all
its aircraft. |
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‘I
love volunteering my time’
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| June 3, 2006 |
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Hindustan
Times, Anusha Subramanian, Mumbai: For
the younger son of Wadia group chairman Nusli
Wadia, taking charge of the traditional family
business would have been the easiest thing to
do. Jeh Wadia, however, preferred to take the
road less travelled. Instead of dabbling in
projects to build high-rise apartments in family-owned
properties, the junior Wadia opted for adventures
in the skies. |
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The low-cost airline he started
without much fanfare is now making its presence
felt in the competitive aviation industry.
As the managing director of GoAir, Jeh travels
widely to attend air shows and update himself
with the changes in the global aviation scene.
He takes a quiet retreat from work during
weekends and drives down to Chitrakoot where
he participates in social projects.
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ON HIS STRESS BUSTERS
My best stress reliever is my family. After
having worked for 12-14 hours a day I find
peace when I get back home. My family is
my biggest stress reliever.
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IDEA OF UNWINDING I unwind
by playing with my son and now my newborn
daughter and watching lots of films. I like
to watch action, thrillers and comedies.
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RURAL PASSION I love
to go and spend time at Chitrakoot, Madhya
Pradesh, volunteering at the Deendayal Research
Institute (DRI). Under the leadership of
my father’s friend, Nanaji Deshmukh,
I have adopted 2,000 villages to make them
totally self-reliant. It is my dream to
make 6,00,000 villages across this country
self-reliant.
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HELPING OTHERS I have
helped set up seed banks and financed the
development of organic fertilisers by using
only local resources. I have also developed
a farming research and development centre
in Chitrakoot called Krishi Vidya Kendra.
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FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION
My favourite holiday spot is Phuket in Thailand
where I love to spend time with my family
on my friend’s yacht. I try and go
at least once a year to Thailand with my
family.
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