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GoAir launches Mumbai-Srinagar services

      Srinagar: GoAir today launched its first direct Mumbai-Srinagar flight service to become the first private airline company to connect Srinagar with Mumbai. Announcing the launch here, J Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir said, "We have started two flights a day from Mumbai. We intend to increase the frequencies of flights moving forward and to promote state and tourism board of Jammu and Kashmir." Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh who was present during the occasion said that it would give a boost to the state tourism industry. "While Kashmir is fairly connected now and we are going to see more connections in future. I must say that we want connectivity for Ladakh. Ladakh is a place which has its own unique beauty and adventure. We expect that the tourism potential of Jammu, which is remained unexplored, will be developed in next couple of years," Beigh added. Currently, nine flights take off from the Srinagar airport everyday for Delhi and Jammu. There has been a stupendous response to the ticket sales for the Mumbai-Srinagar direct flight service of GoAir as tickets of this GoAir flights to Srinagar for next two months have already been sold out. With the onset of the summer tourist season of Srinagar the tourists flow to Srinagar is bound to increase. GoAir, a low-cost carrier and is making an effort to offer airline seats at marginally higher than the train prices to all cities in India, in a phased manner. It took off on November 4, 2005 with scheduled services to Goa, Ahmedabad and Coimbatore from Mumbai. The airline operates three A320 aircraft with a single class, 180-seat configuration. Last year 11 lakh tourists had visited the Valley and this year the number is expected to double.
-April 6,  2006

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