Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, the new CEO of GoAir, will oversee the lowcost airline's first major expansion drive since its inception 10 years ago. The Wadia Group-owned airline will receive the first of its 72 ordered aircraft early next year. That will increase its fleet size to 20, helping GoAir meet the requirement to fly international — five years' domestic flying experience and a fleet of at least 20 planes.
"Basically, the logic of this business (short-haul international travel)customer needs are very similar to domestic travel. They all want reliable affordable transportation," said Prock-Schauer.
He particularly sees an opportunity in the Gulf and surrounding markets in the East. "The flights are (on average) three hours, which is not very different from a flight to the south or Kolkata," he told ET.
GoAir operates a fleet of Airbus A320s, with which "you can do a lot of things", Prock-Schauer, 58, said. He should know, having been in this industry for three-and-a-half decades and having headed different airlines in different countries, including Jet Airways, British Midland Airways and Air Berlin. He was also chairman, management board at the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline group, in 2002 and 2003.
04/07/15 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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"Basically, the logic of this business (short-haul international travel)customer needs are very similar to domestic travel. They all want reliable affordable transportation," said Prock-Schauer.
He particularly sees an opportunity in the Gulf and surrounding markets in the East. "The flights are (on average) three hours, which is not very different from a flight to the south or Kolkata," he told ET.
GoAir operates a fleet of Airbus A320s, with which "you can do a lot of things", Prock-Schauer, 58, said. He should know, having been in this industry for three-and-a-half decades and having headed different airlines in different countries, including Jet Airways, British Midland Airways and Air Berlin. He was also chairman, management board at the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline group, in 2002 and 2003.
04/07/15 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
