Go First: News

Pilots offered Rs. 1L to not leave Go First: Report

Struggling to retain employees, cash-strapped airline Go First has credited salaries for the month of April, according to CNBC-TV18.

Cash-strapped Go First once again cancels all flights till Sunday

Domestic airline Go First has once again canceled all its flights till May 28, an official statement posted on Twitter said on Friday.

Go First to resume operations from May 27

After filing for bankruptcy, low-cost airline Go First is reportedly planning to resume its operations from May 27.

Big relief for Go First as NCLT grants bankruptcy protection 

Go First, formerly Go Air, has been granted bankruptcy protection by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday after admitting the airline's voluntary insolvency plea.

Facing turbulent times, can Go First take off again

Wadia Group-owned Go First filed for voluntary insolvency last week amid a dire cash flow crisis.

03 May 2023

Pratt & Whitney

Go First files for bankruptcy: What led to the downfall

Wadia Group-owned Indian airline Go First filed for insolvency proceedings on Tuesday. The budget carrier has also suspended all its flights till May 5.

Delhi airport's Terminal 2 to resume operations from October 1

After a six month shutdown, the Terminal 2 at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport is set to resume operations starting October 1, the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has announced.

22 May 2020

IndiGo

Air India starts booking for domestic flights from May 25

National carrier Air India has opened bookings for domestic flights scheduled from May 25 onwards, when civil aviation operations are slated to resume partially.

01 Jun 2019

India

GoAir employee wishes mother 'Happy Birthday' in suicide note

In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old GoAir employee allegedly killed himself in Nagpur, the police said on Friday. The deceased hung himself on his mother's birthday on Thursday afternoon, leaving behind a suicide note where he wished her a happy birthday.

03 May 2019

Odisha

Cyclone Fani makes landfall, flights canceled, people evacuated: Details here

The severe cyclonic storm Cyclone Fani made landfall in Odisha's Puri, the land of the famous Jagannath Temple, on Friday. Around 10,000 villages and more than 50 towns lie in its path.

15 Jan 2019

Mumbai

GoAir to pay Rs. 98,000 for canceling 25-tickets 'without reason'

In an incident of gross mismanagement, low-cost carrier GoAir has been recently directed by the consumer forum to pay more than Rs. 98,000 to a Mumbai-based man for canceling "without reason" 25 tickets that he had booked in 2015.

15 Dec 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai-Lucknow IndiGo flight grounded after bomb threat call

An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Lucknow via Delhi was grounded today after receiving a bomb threat call, airport sources said.

05 Nov 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

Forgetful much? Go Air flight reaches Jammu without passengers' baggage

Several GoAir passengers were left fuming yesterday as their flight, G8-213, reached Srinagar from Jammu, without their baggage!

Delhi: GoAir employees pose as passengers, steal 53 mobile phones

In what is sure to serve as a major embarrassment for GoAir, two of its executives were arrested on Monday in Delhi for stealing 53 mobile phones.

26 Sep 2018

Mumbai

Passenger thrown out of flight for trying to enter cockpit

In a weird incident on Tuesday, a passenger on a Mumbai-Kolkata IndiGo flight was offloaded after he tried entered the cockpit to charge his phone.

02 Sep 2018

Pune

GoAir Bengaluru-Pune flight suffers technical glitch; forced to make emergency-landing

A Pune-bound Airbus A320neo plane of GoAir from Bengaluru had to return back on Saturday after it suffered a technical snag.

19 Aug 2018

Monsoon

Kerala: Commercial flight operations from Kochi Naval Base from tomorrow

The Center yesterday said Kerala's Kochi Naval Base will be thrown open for commercial flight operations from the morning of August 20, bringing a huge relief to people awaiting the resumption of air service from Kochi.

23 Jun 2018

IndiGo

Carrying baggage heavier than 15kg to become costlier for domestic-flyers

Carrying check-in baggage beyond 15 kg will prove to be costlier to domestic flyers on low-cost carriers like IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.

Delhi's IGI airport expansion plan gets approved by Environment Ministry

Delhi airport officials can finally start the expansion work, after getting the much-needed permission from Union Environment Ministry.

04 Jun 2018

India

Now travel at Rs. 1,299 through GoAir's domestic "Monsoon Sale"

Low-cost carrier GoAir today announced special discounted fares as low as Rs. 1,299 for a one-way journey across its network.

30 Apr 2018

Bombay High Court

GoAir sues former MD for stealing info before joining IndiGo

Budget airline GoAir has sued its former managing director and current IndiGo COO, Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, in the Bombay High Court for the alleged theft of confidential information from GoAir.

26 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi: Despite alerts, hundreds of SpiceJet, IndiGo passengers reach wrong-terminal

Despite several hoardings, text messages, e-mails and phone calls by Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) intimating about the partial shift of operations of IndiGo and SpiceJet to T2, many have been turning up at T1.

16 Mar 2018

Delhi

Over 120 SpiceJet, IndiGo flights to ply from Delhi T2

Ending a four-month battle with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), IndiGo and SpiceJet have agreed to shift their flight operations partially to Delhi Airport's revamped T2 (Terminal-2) from March 25.

14 Mar 2018

Mumbai

IndiGo cancels 42 flights today; airfares continue to rise

Domestic carrier IndiGo continued to operate with a curtailed schedule for the third day on Wednesday with the airline canceling 42 flights following the grounding of eight of its A320neo planes along with three of GoAir due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues.

13 Mar 2018

Delhi

DGCA grounds planes with faulty engines; 47 IndiGo flights canceled

As many as 47 flights have been canceled by budget carrier IndiGo today after the country's aviation regulator DGCA grounded its eight A320Neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, along with three such aircraft of GoAir.

02 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: IndiGo A320neo makes emergency landing due to engine snag

A Kolkata-bound IndiGo aircraft had to make an emergency landing at the Mumbai Airport after take-off as one of its engines stopped working mid-air.

26 Feb 2018

Jet Airways

Bengaluru: Check-in from airport buses, skip line

Have no check-in luggage, yet have to stand in queue to get your boarding pass? Why not take the BMTC volvo bus to the airport and do the check-in in the kiosks installed inside and get a printed boarding pass?

23 Feb 2018

Goa

Poor visibility hits flight operations at Goa Airport

Poor visibility due to fog severely affected flight operations at Goa's Dabolim Airport on Friday morning, as a result of which two international and three domestic flights were diverted to various cities.

25 Jan 2018

Delhi

Passenger stopped at IGI for carrying grenade like power bank

With just a day left for the Republic Day celebrations in the national capital, a minor bomb scare at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Thursday created chaos after a hand grenade like object was found in a passenger's luggage during the screening process.

08 Jan 2018

Delhi

Planning to visit Delhi this R-Day? Here's GoAir's offer

Republic Day celebrations this time is going to be unique: a record 10 chief guests will grace the occasion, the heads of state of the ASEAN nations.

25 Nov 2017

India

GoAir's massive discounts: Flights at as low as Rs. 312!

Low-cost carrier GoAir is offering flight tickets starting at Rs. 312 (one-way) from seven cities under a limited-period special sale offer on a first-come-first-serve basis.

09 Nov 2017

Jet Airways

AI trolls IndiGo over passenger manhandling video, then deletes ads

Air India took a jibe at IndiGo after a video of its staff thrashing a passenger went viral.

22 Sep 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai airport main runway operations resume after 26 hours

Flight operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport gradually resumed a day after a SpiceJet flight overshot the main runway 27, which remained non-operational for 26 hours.

13 Jun 2017

IndiGo

GST will force budget airlines to hike their fares

Many Indians prefer air travel as it is faster, more comfortable and, thanks to the presence of several budget airlines, it is quite affordable these days.

23 Jan 2017

Delhi

BMW driver arrested in hit-and-run

A speeding BMW rammed into an Uber yesterday that led to the cab driver's instant death.