{"id":25177,"date":"2022-08-07T10:03:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T04:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=25177"},"modified":"2022-08-07T10:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T04:33:18","slug":"akasa-air-flight-takes-off-for-the-first-time-with-new-b737-everything-you-need-to-know-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/akasa-air-flight-takes-off-for-the-first-time-with-new-b737-everything-you-need-to-know-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Akasa Air Flight Takes off for the first time with New B737 | Everything you need to know is here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Akasa Air flight is shown the green flag<\/a> for the first time<\/strong> by Jyotiraditya Scindia at Mumbai Airport today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline<\/a> is flying from Mumbai International Airport to Ahmedabad International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight takeoff at 10:05 AM IST<\/strong> and is on the way to touch down at Ahmedabad at 11:25 AM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akasa-air-inauguration-flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Akasa Air First Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The flight full of Aviation enthusiasts, Aviators, Media personnel, and Ministers<\/strong> takes off for the first time from Mumbai airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ministry of Civil Aviation tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Maiden flight is always special<\/strong> as it begins a new journey for the airline and its travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akasa Air is owned by Rakesh Jhunjunwala<\/strong> and founded by CEO Vinay Dube<\/strong> and Co-founded by Aditya Ghosh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image credits to Planespotters.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The flight is having Flight number QP1101<\/strong> (QP is IATA Code and 1101 is the number). The aircraft used is Boeing 737 MAX 8<\/strong> with registration VT-YAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Second flight will also takeoff from Mumbai with Flight number QP1102<\/strong> and will take off at 12:05 Pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scindia inaugurates the first flight<\/strong> of any airline in his tenure and its Akasa Air Maiden flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akasa Air is the third Indian airline<\/strong> to operate the Boeing 737 MAX type in Indian Skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flight takes off at 10:05 Am from Mumbai airport with 180 people onboard, 100% load factor !!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airlines Milestones till Today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In march 2021, the brick of the Airline was laid down as Vinay Dubey founded Akasa Air with other important board members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2021, Rakesh Jhunjunwala backed the airline with a 40% Stake in Akasa Air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 21, the airline received AOC from DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 21, the airline placed the order for 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 21, Akasa Air Unveiled its Brand name and logo with the tagline, “Its Your Sky<\/strong>.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the airline went for approvals for commencing its operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From July to August<\/strong> they have taken approvals, received aircraft, unveiled flight and ground crew uniforms, disclosed flight booking sites and routes, and are ready to rule the Indian skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline schedule for upcoming First flights from respective cities as of 7th August,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akasa Air schedule for upcoming First flights from respective cities as of 7th August, Credits to Wikipedia.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We greet and wish them all the Best for their future operations and hope they bring glory to Indian Aviation Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akasa Air flight is shown the green flag for the first time by Jyotiraditya Scindia at Mumbai Airport and will land at Ahmedabad airport today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25178,"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":[35,399,6761],"tags":[1997,6885,392,104,246,7009,7010,5798,7013,6387,7011,6027,79,2030,393,115,81,7012,2943,3094,5720,6118,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-25177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aviation-blogs","8":"category-featured","9":"category-news","10":"tag-ahmedabad-airport","11":"tag-ahmedabad-mumbai-flight","12":"tag-airlines-news","13":"tag-airport","14":"tag-akasa-air","15":"tag-akasa-air-first-flight-flag-off","16":"tag-akasa-air-first-flight-today","17":"tag-akasa-air-flight-operations","18":"tag-akasa-air-green-flag","19":"tag-akasa-air-latest-news-today","20":"tag-akasa-air-mumbai-ahmedabad-airport","21":"tag-akasa-air-updates","22":"tag-aviation","23":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","24":"tag-aviation-news","25":"tag-india","26":"tag-latest-aviation-news","27":"tag-mumbai-ahmedabad-flight","28":"tag-mumbais-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-international-airport","29":"tag-scindia","30":"tag-scindia-flags-off","31":"tag-scindia-inaugrated-flights","32":"tag-union-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25219,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177\/revisions\/25219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}