Page 6 - Akasa Air

Boeing 737 MAX deliveries on track as Akasa goes international: CEO Dubey

Akasa's current fleet includes 24 Boeing aircraft of the total 226 it has on order which are expected to be delivered over 8 years. Dube declined to give a year-wise breakup

CAE signs deal with Akasa Air to train budget carrier's B737 Max pilots

Agreement gives Akasa Air 'access to world's best training facilities' for 15 years

Akasa Air to trim its budget for 2024-25 as part of cost control measures

Akasa Air, which is all set to start international services this month, has decided to trim its budget for the next financial year starting April as part of cost control measures, according to two sources. When contacted, an airline spokesperson said it is always looking for prudent ways to control costs. The carrier, which commenced commercial flights on August 7, 2022, operates more than 20 Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The sources in the know told PTI on Monday that the airline has decided to reduce its budget for 2024-25 fiscal and the reduction could be up to 20 per cent compared to the current financial year. "As a cost-conscious business, we are always looking for prudent ways to control our costs without sacrificing safety, our customers' experience or the long-term health of the business. Cost consciousness does not apply to employee salaries," an Akasa Air spokesperson told PTI. "We take great pride in offering a market leading compensation package to each work group at the .

Akasa Air to operate first international flight to Doha on March 28

Currently, 68 flights per week are operated by four carriers between Mumbai and Doha

Akasa Air to start international ops from March 28; first flight to Doha

Akasa Air on Friday said it will start international operations with flight services to Doha starting from March 28. "Starting 28 March 2024, Akasa Air will operate four non-stop flights a week, connecting Mumbai with Doha, enhancing air connectivity between Qatar and India," the airline said in a release. Akasa Air Founder and CEO Vinay Dube said its foray into Qatar marks the next phase of growth as it continues the journey towards becoming one of the world's top 30 airlines by the turn of this decade. Currently, the airline, which started flying in August 2022, operates 23 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Will probe incident involving LS member Pragya Singh Thakur: Akasa Air

Akasa Air on Friday said it will carry out a detailed investigation into the "deboarding experience" of BJP leader and Lok Sabha member Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur at the Delhi airport after she alleged that airline staff conspired and tried to cause loss to her. Details about the incident that happened on February 15 after the member landed at the Delhi airport from Mumbai in an Akasa Air flight could not be immediately ascertained. In a post on X on Friday, Thakur alleged that Akasa Air's duty manager Imran and his associates conspired and tried to cause loss to her. Tagging civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, she requested the minister to take action about the incident. "We regret the deboarding experience that Hon'ble Member of Parliament Ms Pragya Thakur had on our flight QP1120 on February 15, 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to her. "While we will investigate the incident in detail, we take this as an opportunity to learn and to continue improving on

Akasa Air to cancel 4 Mumbai-Bengaluru flights daily from Feb 15-Mar 30

Akasa Air on Tuesday said it will be cancelling four flights daily between the city and Bengaluru following government guidelines issued to reduce congestion at the Mumbai airport. The civil aviation ministry has asked Mumbai airport operator MIAL to cut the number of scheduled flights and also restrict private jet operations for longer hours, according to reports. In a statement, an Akasa Air spokesperson said it will be rationalising network with respect to flights operated from Mumbai. "Flight operations of airlines to/from Mumbai are expected to be impacted with guidelines being implemented to reduce runway congestion at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. "... we have to rationalise our network resulting in cancellation of flights QP 1374 & QP 1367 (Mumbai to Bengaluru) and QP 1362 & QP 1366 (Bengaluru to Mumbai) between February 15 to March 30," the statement said. The airline is communicating to the passengers about the flight cancellations and is giving .

Akasa Air cancels 10 flights in two days, says it is an 'aberration'

Akasa Air on Monday said it has cancelled 10 flights in two days and termed it as an "aberration". While the airline did not disclose the reasons for the flight cancellations, sources in the know said it was facing a shortage of trained pilots. However, Akasa Air asserted that there was no shortage of pilots. Various social media users flagged cancellations of flights by Akasa Air. Against this backdrop, an airline spokesperson said the cancellations were an "aberration". "We apologise for the inconvenience caused due to the cancellation of some flights on February 11-12, 2024. This was an aberration...," the spokesperson said in a statement to PTI. The spokesperson said 10 flights were cancelled in two days. The sources said the carrier was not getting adequate slots for training pilots who have joined it. As a result, there is a shortage of trained pilots, the sources added. In response to queries, the airline said there was no shortage of pilots. Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube in

Do not have any pilot shortage: Akasa Air founder and CEO Vinay Dube

The airline, which has a 23 Max aircraft in its fleet, cancelled a few flights on Sunday and Monday due to operational reasons. These cancellations were not due to lack of sufficient number of pilots

Akasa Air orders over 300 CFM engines for its new B737 MAX aircraft

The deal is valued at around $4.5 billion and includes spare engines and a services contract

Akasa Air buys 300 CFM engines at list prices of $5 billion: Report

The contract for Leap-1B engines, spares, and services is estimated to be worth $5 billion at list prices, said the report

TMS Ep614: Akasa Air, layoffs in 2024, rail stocks, semiconductor assembly

Is Akasa Air ready to fly higher? What will 2024 hold for layoffs in India? How to approach rail stocks ahead of Budget 2024? What is outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing? All answers here

Akasa Air announces commercial flight ops from upcoming Noida Airport

Akasa Air on Friday became the second airline to announce commercial flight operations from the upcoming Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh. IndiGo was the first airline to announce a tie-up with the greenfield airport, located near the national capital, for commercial services, according to a statement. A partnership agreement was signed between Akasa Air and Noida International Airport in Hyderabad on Friday on the sidelines of industry event 'Wings 2024', the statement said. "We are excited to welcome Akasa Air as our airline partner, marking a significant step forward as we progress towards airport opening. This partnership highlights our commitment to strengthen air connectivity in the Delhi-NCR and western Uttar Pradesh," Noida International Airport Chief Executive Officer Christoph Schnellmann said. "Akasa Air is one of the fastest-growing airlines in the country, and we are thrilled to have them join us on our mission to establish a comprehensive air network, ...

'Highly confident' Akasa Air to bring 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on board

In 2021, Akasa Air initially ordered 72 MAX planes from Boeing and then expanded the order to 76 in 2023. Of these, 22 have been delivered, with the remaining 54 due by mid-2027

Akasa Air, IndiGo, Air India order 1,120 planes in less than one year

With Akasa Air announcing an order for 150 aircraft on Thursday, three Indian carriers together have ordered a total of 1,120 planes in less than one year as they expand their presence in the country's fast growing civil aviation market. The less than two-year-old Akasa Air has placed a firm order for 150 Boeing 737 Max planes, comprising 737 Max 10 and 737 Max 8-200 jets. In 2023, which also saw domestic air traffic climbing new highs, Air India and IndiGo together placed orders for 970 planes with Boeing and Airbus. Tata Group-owned Air India ordered 470 planes -- 250 from Airbus and 220 from Boeing -- in February last year. Later in June, the country's largest airline IndiGo announced an order with Airbus to buy 500 narrow-body planes. Now, Akasa Air, Air India and IndiGo together have placed orders for 1,120 planes since February last year. Besides these orders, Indian carriers are set to take deliveries of new planes that were ordered earlier. IndiGo alone has an order book o

Boeing wins order for 150 Max jets from Akasa amid recent mid-air blowout

Akasa Air, which began flying commercially less than two years ago, made a firm purchase for the 737 Max 10 and Max 8-200 planes to be delivered through 2032, the carrier announced

New FDTL norms will not affect Akasa Air's flight schedule: CEO Vinay Dube

The new mandate has increased weekly rest periods for flight crew to 48 hours in a week from the previous 36 hours

IndiGo cornered bigger share of India's skies in 2023, shows DGCA data

Overall, Indian airlines carried 153.2 million domestic passengers in 2023 compared to 123.2 million in 2022, recording an annual growth of 23.36 per cent

No plan to modify mid-cabin doors in current, future planes: Akasa Air

Akasa Air has no intention to modify the standard mid-cabin door in its aircraft, according to a senior airline executive amid the recent Alaska Airlines incident where in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug had resulted in rapid decompression of a Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft. The airline has 22 Boeing 737 Max planes in its fleet. Following the incident on January 5, aviation regulator DGCA ordered Akasa Air, Air India Express and SpiceJet to carry out an inspection of the wing emergency exits of their Boeing 737-8 Max planes. The checks were completed satisfactorily and there were no adverse findings. In an e-mail to staff on Monday evening, Akasa Air's Chief of Flight Safety Gaurav Pathak said the airline does not have the intention "of modifying the highly standard mid-cabin door on any current or future aircraft that we are contemplating". Mid-cabin door refers to any emergency exit door on the aircraft that is not over the wings of the aircraft. According to Pathak, the .

DGCA says checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes completed satisfactorily

Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said the checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes have been completed satisfactorily. On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets as an "abundant precautionary measure" in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident. "These checks have been satisfactorily performed on the fleet of operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft by Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20)," DGCA said in a statement. Akasa Air fleet includes one B737-8200 aircraft which has a mid-cabin door on which the operational check has also been completed satisfactorily, it added. On January 5, Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was involved in an incident of an in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug which resulted in rapid decompression of the airplane.