GoAir planning to connect 4 more cities

The Wadia Group-promoted GoAir is planning to add Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Jaipur to its flight itinerary from December 12.

The airline would offer 10,000 free tickets on its new destinations on first-come-first-serve basis. Passengers availing this scheme will only have to pay taxes amounting to Rs 221and can avail of the scheme till March 26, 2006.

Earlier, the airline had offered 10,000 GoAir FreeFares for its initial four destinations - Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Goa.

With the launch of this service to these four new routes, GoAir's destination strength would increase to 8 cities, thereby ensuring passengers are connected to important business and leisure destinations within the country.

Jeh Wadia, managing director of the Wadia group, said the airline would aggressively look at route expansion in a progressive manner.

"The addition of new routes substantiates our commitment to our passengers by connecting them to important destinations in India. All four destinations have immense business and leisure potential. Our services to these cities will not only enhance our business but also increase tourist flow to these destinations," he said.