Akasa Air to fly with 15 fewer seats due to supply chain woes

The airline expects the issue to be resolved in 6-9 months

Akasa Air will induct 11 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with 15 fewer seats (174 instead of 189) between November this year and March next year due to sourcing challenges. Seats in some of these aircraft will not be equipped with a universal serial bus (USB) port and will sport upholstery different from its present-day purple colour.

The airline attributed this to supply-chain disruption and estimates that the issue will be resolved in six to nine months.

India’s newest airline took to the skies in August. Currently, it has seven Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with 189 seats each and operates over