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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala plans 70 planes for new ultra-low cost airline

The billionaire investor, who is considering investing $35 million and would own 40% of the carrier, expects to get a no-objection certificate from India's aviation ministry in the next 15 days

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Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is planning on having 70 aircraft within four years for a new airline he wants to set up in India on optimism more people will travel by air.

Jhunjhunwala, who is considering investing $35 million and would own 40% of the carrier, expects to get a no-objection certificate from India’s aviation ministry in the next 15 days, he said in a Bloomberg Television interview Wednesday. The ultra-low cost airline will be called Akasa Air and the team, which includes a former senior executive of Delta Air Lines Inc., is looking at planes that can carry 180 passengers,