Airline crew stranded in Phuket & Bangkok as carrier goes bankrupt

[snoop1130]

PHOTO: Facebook/Phuket International Airport - HKT

 

Crew from the stricken low-cost carrier Go First, originally founded as GoAir, are stuck in Phuket and several other locations after their employer went bankrupt.

 

Go First Airlines, founded as GoAir Airlines, was an Indian ultra-low-cost airline based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group. In October 2017, it was the fifth largest airline in India with an 8.4% passenger market share.

 

According to a report by India’s Business Today, employees have found themselves stranded in Phuket and other locations including Bangkok, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, following the airline’s collapse.

 

Full Story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/airline-crew-stranded-in-phuket-bangkok-as-carrier-goes-bankrupt/

 

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[StayinThailand2much]

GoAir - Go First - No go...

 

Wonder, why the crew is 'stuck' in Thailand. At least the pilots should be able to afford a flight ticket to India.

Edited May 4, 2023 by StayinThailand2much

[klauskunkel]

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Airline crew stranded in Phuket & Bangkok

Take the plane and sell it to a chop shop...

[stoner]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

It was owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group

maybe they shouldn't of let general aladeen be CEO. 

[steven100]

Wadia boss could meet up for a beer with TG old boss and tell jokes about their demise .... 

[billd766]

3 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

GoAir - Go First - No go...

 

Wonder, why the crew is 'stuck' in Thailand. At least the pilots should be able to afford a flight ticket to India.

IIRC a few airlines used to allow other airline crews fly for free, IF the aircraft was not full.

 

While that would work for cabin and cockpit crews, I am not sure if there are any permanent staff from India in Thailand.

[zzaa09]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

Wadia boss could meet up for a beer with TG old boss and tell jokes about their demise .... 

Sucky Sucky Airlines....

[khunJam]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Go First Airlines, founded as GoAir Airlines, was an Indian ultra-low-cost airline based in Mumbai

 

11 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

GoAir - Go First - No go...

 

Wonder, why the crew is 'stuck' in Thailand. At least the pilots should be able to afford a flight ticket to India.

Maybe they can't because of ultra-low-wages.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Crew from the stricken low-cost carrier Go First, originally founded as GoAir, are stuck in Phuket and several other locations after their employer went bankrupt

Go going gone.

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, khunJam said:

 

Maybe they can't because of ultra-low-wages.

They could always sell their gold chains; unless they've been to Pattaya recently!

[jacko45k]

Staff are stranded, what about customers?

Edited May 4, 2023 by jacko45k

[Gsxrnz]

10 hours ago, billd766 said:

IIRC a few airlines used to allow other airline crews fly for free, IF the aircraft was not full.

 

While that would work for cabin and cockpit crews, I am not sure if there are any permanent staff from India in Thailand.

Regarding the cockpit crew, I believe that according to the woke post-modernist newspeak language, cockpit has been politically corrected to flight-deck. 

 

Reminds me of the joke about a passenger asking to see the cockpit, but was told that as the flight crew were all female, the cockpit had been renamed.......and not as the flight-deck.

[NORDO]

The the term "Cockpit" was considered inappropriate, the Yanks coined the term "flight deck".  We always like the term "Box Office" more, but decided the "awakened" people would be offended.

Many aeronautical terms originated from a Nautical background.   During the days of large sailing vessels, the crew carried livestock for their daily larder as needed.  The Cock (rooster) would often perch up in the wheelhouse area and thus the term "Cockpit" was coined.

 

Flight crew is good for 30 days in Thailand without visa if they carry a copy of the crew dec they entered the country with.   Don't know if Thai IO stamps your passport now days as flight crew on Crew Dec status.   They never stamped mine when I enter on crew dec, but that was few years back.

[Skeptic7]

Could think of worse places to be stuck❗

[ChipButty]

On a serious note, what does happen to the crew? Is it up to the Indian government to get them home?

[Tropposurfer]

I heard Allan Joyce was out of a job at Qantas maybe this chicken run airline could employ Joyce. 

 

Now the airliner staff know what its like for the millions of budget flyers who get screwed like a pooch with cancelled flights, lost bags, stranded in Lord knows were without a brass razoo to their name, have engines fail and bits falling of airplanes and have to return to the nearest airport asap to be stranded yet again.

Namaste ... to GoF..k Yourself Airlines ????????????

[ChipButty]

I dont think I would be going near an Indian budget airline, I remember many years ago flying from Goa to Sharjah on Indian Airlines, business class it was disgusting I dumped the return flight and flew from Dubai to Mumbai then back down to Goa on Jet Airlines

[IamNoone88]

Buy, rebrand, re-launch - Go Go-Go Bar Airlines

[KhunBENQ]

Interesting.

It's the airline that is in a long dispute with Pratt&Whitney and their problem ridden engines. They claim that half of their fleet was grounded due to lack of repair and spare parts by P&W.

Now you know why it might not be a good idea to limit the fleet to one type of plane and engine.

P&W claims that GoFirst has a long history of non payment.

[AustinRacing]

15 hours ago, stoner said:

maybe they shouldn't of let general aladeen be CEO. 

You’re in big Aladeen. It’s Admiral General Aladeen. Expect a visit from his women bodyguards. They’ll first Aladeen you, wait til you’re Aladeened. You should be very Aladeened now for insulting the great Dictator. You need all the Aladeen you can get. Good Aladeen for now. 

[Burma Bill]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

was an Indian ultra-low-cost airline

Offering special promotion tickets of just one rupee??

[Xonax]

GoAir - Go First - Go Fund me Airlines.

[mikebike]

On 5/5/2023 at 8:56 AM, Tropposurfer said:

Now the airliner staff know what its like for the millions of budget flyers who get screwed

???????????? Hilarious! Do you think the freaking crews are responsible for airline cockups? They are as vulnerable to mismanagement by their greedy corporate masters as are passengers. 

[Puccini]

On 5/4/2023 at 12:38 PM, klauskunkel said:

Take the plane and sell it to a chop shop...

I can see no aircraft of Go Air on the ground at Phuket airport. Can you?