Muscat: India's budget airline, GoAir, will launch more destinations to the Indian cities from Muscat under the winter schedule.
On Friday, the airline launched its daily service from Muscat to India's commercial capital, Mumbai.
Mumbai is GoAir's second destination from Muscat as it has been operating a daily flight to Kannur since March this year.
Speaking to the Observer, Arjun Dasgupta, vice president, international, GoAir, said, that the initial response has been encouraging. "We expect to sustain this response over a long period at a fair price. This service is purely part of our expansion plans and is not linked to any slots vacated by the defunct Jet Airways. We will consider opening more routes from Muscat to India in the winter schedule."
The inaugural flight from Mumbai, G8 29, with over 170 passengers, was given a customary welcome, on arrival at the Muscat International Airport.
"The airline will be operating the Airbus A320 Neo on the route and thought, not immediately, we plan to expand our services to other cities in India from Muscat."
As per details available on the airline website, one-way fares start from around RO41 and return from RO80.
The flight G8 leaves Mumbai at 11 pm to arrive in Muscat at 12.25 am. The return flight (G9) leaves Muscat at 1.24 am to arrive in Mumbai at 5.45pm.
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