GoAir’s Kannur - Kuwait flights receive fantastic response, fully booked

 Picture 1 - Caption: GoAir officials with Mayooranritham performer at a press conference today in Kannur to announce the inaugural flight Kannur – Kuwait on 19 September 2019

(L-R):

Mr. V. Thulasidas, Managing Director of Kannur International Airport Limited

Mr. Arjun Dasgupta, Vice President – International Operations, GoAir

Mr. Harjinder Singh Bhasin, Vice President – Airports, GoAir

Mayooranritham performer

Mr. Samir Patel, Vice President – Network Planning, GoAir

Mr. Bakul Gala, Vice President – Corporate Communications and PR, GoAir

Picture 2 – Caption: GoAir officials with placard at a press conference today in Kannur to announce the inaugural flight Kannur – Kuwait on 19 September 2019

(L-R):

Mr. Bakul Gala, Vice President – Corporate Communications and PR, GoAir

Mr. V. Thulasidas, Managing Director of Kannur International Airport Limited

Mr. Samir Patel, Vice President – Network Planning, GoAir

Mr. Arjun Dasgupta, Vice President – International Operations, GoAir

Mr. Harjinder Singh Bhasin, Vice President – Airports, GoAir

·         GoAir’s inaugural flight Kannur – Kuwait will take off on 19 September 2019

·         Fares starting from INR 6,999 all inclusive

·         Kannur emerges as a strategic hub for GoAir’s Middle East operations from India

·         Kuwait becomes GoAir’s 7^th international, 4^th in the Gulf and 31^st sequential destination

·         GoAir thanks Kannur International Airport for its immense support

Kannur, 18 September 2019: The wait is over. GoAir, India's fastest-growing airline will operate its maiden flight tomorrow from Kannur to Kuwait with a brand new Airbus A320 aircraft. The flight will take off from Kerala’s 2^nd Greenfield and 4^th International Airport that is built on Public Private Partnership in an area of about 2,300 acres. GoAir’s inaugural flight from Kannur to Kuwait has received fantastic response and the flights are fully booked.

Reinforcing its commitment to the Middle East market, GoAir will be operating non-stop daily flights from Kannur to Kuwait with inaugural attractive fares starting from INR 6,999 all inclusive. The flight will take-off from Kannur International Airport at 07:00 hours (local time) and reach Kuwait at 09:30 hours (local time). The same aircraft will do a pushback and fly from Kuwait at 10:30 hours and reach Kannur at 18:00 hours. None other than Mr. V. Thulasidas, Managing Director of Kannur International Airport Limited has agreed to be the guest of honor on 19 September 2019 and flag off the inaugural flight.

With Kuwait becoming GoAir’s 4^th destination in the Gulf region, close on the heels of launching Muscat, Abu Dhabi, followed by Dubai and now the princely state of Kuwait, reveals GoAir’s robust plans to expand its operations across the Middle East region. In doing so, Kannur has emerged as a strategic hub for GoAir’s domestic as well as international operations.  Kannur is a popular destination for both leisure and business travelers within the state of Kerala and the new route to Kuwait will provide more affordable flying options to the international travelers.

Mr. Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir, said: “GoAir is pleased to share that the response to Kannur Kuwait flight has been overwhelming to say the least. We are very enthused with the way things have progressed and tomorrow GoAir’s inaugural flight to Kuwait will take-off. Ever since we started flying international, GoAir has added 16 aircraft to the network in the last 10 months resulting in 90 new flights. We have added 7 new airports to our network – Phuket, Male, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Dubai, Bangkok and Kannur. Tomorrow we will be starting Kuwait operations – our 8^th new airport operations. GoAir will be launching Singapore flights soon (subject to regulatory approvals).”

Daily flight schedule from Kannur effective 19 September 2019:

Flight	From	Departure (local time)	To	Arrival (local time)	Frequency	Fare in INR
G8 61	Kannur	07:00	Kuwait	09:30	Non-stop Daily	6,999 onward
G8 62	Kuwait	10:30	Kannur	18:00	Non-stop Daily	6,999 onward

GoAir currently operates more than 300 daily flights and carried around 13.26 lakh passengers in the month of July 2019. GoAir flies to 24 domestic destinations including Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, Kannur, Leh, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Ranchi and Srinagar. GoAir flies to 7 international destinations, including Bangkok, Phuket, Malé, Muscat, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait.