{"id":19314,"date":"2022-03-26T17:45:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=19314"},"modified":"2022-03-26T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:15:58","slug":"akasa-air-to-launch-first-commercial-flight-from-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/akasa-air-to-launch-first-commercial-flight-from-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Akasa Air to launch first commercial flight from June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed airline Akasa Air is all set to roll out its commercial operation from June, its CEO Vinay Dube has told here. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-akasa-air\">Akasa Air<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Speaking at an interactive session on the sidelines of Wings <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">India <\/a>2022, Mr. Dube on Friday told the airline hopes to have a fleet of 72 aircraft in the next five years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa2021122213182920211222134513.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa2021122213182920211222134513.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa2021122213182920211222134513-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>  Akasa Air | Aviatina2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ministry-of-civil-aviation\">Ministry of Civil Aviation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8221; We expect to launch our first commercial flight in June. We are working very closely with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, DGCA (Director General of Civil Aviation) to get our licensing done,&#8221; he told replying to the query.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further told the airline plans to have 18 aircraft on the ground as part of its fleet within 12 subsequent months of launching and then add 12 to 14 every year making it 72 in five years.&#8221;We are very excited and serve the number of people with warmth and affection and kindness,&#8221; Mr. Dube told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/22\/new-rules-one-hand-bag-allowed-with-single-check-in-baggage-in-domestic-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">New rules- \u2018One Hand Bag\u2019 allowed with single check-in baggage in domestic Flights  <\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/22\/new-rules-one-hand-bag-allowed-with-single-check-in-baggage-in-domestic-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">A<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/airlines-environmental-groups-join-forces-to-support-new-european-saf-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">irlines &amp; environmental groups join forces to support new European SAF proposal  <\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/20\/new-bermuda-airline-want-a320-captains-for-coral-jet-amid-aoc-application\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Bermuda airline want A320 captains for coral jet amid AOC application<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-akasa-air-will-have-services-from-metros-to-tier-ii-and-iii-cities\">Akasa Air will have services from metros to Tier II and III cities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin with, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akasaair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Akasa Air<\/a> will have services from metros to Tier II and III cities. There will also be flights from metros to metros so that the aircraft is carried around the system, the CEO had earlier told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Mr. Dube had told the airline targets to begin overseas flights in the second half of the calendar year 2023 once there are 20 planes in its fleet.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/akasa_air_livery_crop_0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Aviationa2z.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In October, the airlines got a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the operations from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay updated with aviationa2z. com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed airline Akasa Air is all set to roll out its commercial operation from June, its CEO Vinay Dube has told here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6761,416],"tags":[392,246,3116,393,142,247,5590,5591,3065],"class_list":{"0":"post-19314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-quick-updates","9":"tag-airlines-news","10":"tag-akasa-air","11":"tag-akasa-airline","12":"tag-aviation-news","13":"tag-flight","14":"tag-jhunjhunwala","15":"tag-june","16":"tag-lunches","17":"tag-rakesh-jhunjhunwala"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19320,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19314\/revisions\/19320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}