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Akasa Air operates its maiden flight from Chennai, 5th city in its network

Akasa Air inaugurated its first flight from Chennai, the fifth city in its network, enabling the airline to offer twice-daily flights in each direction on the Chennai-Bengaluru route

Akasa, IndiGo slash fares as competition heats up in domestic market

Prices lower by 20-25% on Akasa Air's three routes, discounts being offered even for close-in travel

Personal data protection: Firms need to do more

Corporations need to invest in cybersecurity to not only protect consumer data but also the business at large

Akasa Air issues apology after data breach, says no intentional attempt

Akasa Air suffered a data breach, allowing unauthorised individuals to view data of some of its customers, India's new airline has admitted

Personal info of Akasa Air's passengers leaked, airline informs CERT-In

Akasa Air had on August 7 launched commercial flight operations by operating its first service on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route using B737 Max aircraft

Before his death, Jhunjhunwala & family became Akasa's biggest shareholders

Three trusts named after his twin sons and daughter now hold 27% stake in firm; combined family holding at 46%

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Akasa Air expects to operate over 150 weekly flights by September end

Akasa Air, which commenced services on the Bengaluru-Mumbai route on Friday, expects to operate more than 150 weekly flights by the end of September. The airline started operations on August 7 and now flies on three routes -- Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Bengaluru-Kochi and Bengaluru-Mumbai. For now, the airline will operate two flights daily in each direction on the Bengaluru-Mumbai route. "Further expanding its operations on the Bengaluru-Mumbai route, the airline will commence one additional daily flight from August 30, 2022, and another from September 19, 2022," it said in a release. It will also start a new route connecting Bengaluru with Chennai from September 10. According to the carrier, it expects to cross 150 weekly flights by end of September. Akasa Air has already announced flights for six routes across five cities -- Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Bengaluru and Chennai. Currently, the carrier has three planes and the third one was received on August 16. It plans to add one new airc

Akasa Air has strong financials to place order for more planes: CEO

The Jhunjhunwala family holds stakes in the airline through three discretionary trusts

Top headlines:Airtel makes Rs 8k-cr spectrum payment; ECLGS corpus enhanced

New entrant Akasa Air is financially strong enough to place an aircraft order in the 18 next months that will be significantly larger than its first, its founder and CEO Vinay Dube said on Wednesday

Akasa Air is well-capitalised, to add one aircraft every two weeks: CEO

Vinay Dube said the airline was well-capitalised to induct 72 aircraft over next 5 years, while mourning the death of Akasa's top backer and ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala who passed away on Sunday

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bet big on Akasa, said its take-off changed the game

In his last public appearance, the ace investor gave India's aviation the lift-off it needed

Akasa Air will honour legacy, values, beliefs of Jhunjhunwala: Vinay Dube

Akasa Air's chief mentioned about the billionaire investor being an early believer in the team and putting his trust and faith in them to build a world-class airline

End of an Era: The 'Big Bull' Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away at 62

As of August, 2022, his net worth was $5.8 billion. He invested via his firm Rare Enterprises

TMS Ep233: Akasa Air strategy, Delhi's excise policy, markets, belated ITR

Will Akasa's launch help bring down airfares? What went wrong with Delhi's new excise policy? Is it time to add Paytm, Nykaa, Zomato to your portfolio? What is belated ITR filing? All answers here

Will India's newest airline Akasa's launch help bring down airfares?

Akasa Air took off from the runways of Mumbai airport on Sunday, hotting up competition in the Indian sky. What strategy is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed budget carrier adopting to stay afloat?

New dawn for aviation: The Akasa Air experience as it takes to the skies

Founder-CEO Vinay Dube thanked all passengers and took their feedback as they deplaned on arrival in Mumbai

Aviation Minister flags off Akasa maiden flight on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will on Sunday inaugurate Akasa Air's first commercial flight that will operate on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route

Akasa Air to launch daily flights on Chennai-Mumbai route from Sept 15

The airliner as part of pan-India network connectivity, would also add new routes between Ahmedabad and Bengaluru routes from August 23.

Akasa looks to undercut IndiGo as battle for cheapest airfares heats up

A week ahead of its maiden flight, airline is offering 10% lower fares on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route