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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Backed Akasa Air Flights To Start From Aug 7

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The airline carrier said flight operations will be conducted on two Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has already delivered one plane and the delivery of the second is scheduled for later this month.

New Delhi: Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air is all set to launch its first commercial flight on August 7 by operating its first service on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route using a Boeing 737 Max plane.

Akasa Air, in a statement issued on Friday, said it has begun the sale of tickets on 28 flights that will operate weekly on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from August 7 as well as 28 flights on the Bengaluru-Kochi route from August 13.

The airline carrier said flight operations will be conducted on two Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has already delivered one plane and the delivery of the second is scheduled for later this month.

Praveen Iyer, Co-founder, and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa Air said, โ€œWe kick-start operations with flights between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, with the brand-new Boeing 737 Max aircraft.โ€

Mr. Iyer further said, โ€œWe will adopt a phased approach to support our network expansion plans, progressively connecting more cities, as we add two aircraft to our fleet each month, in our first year.โ€

The Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted Akasa Air its air operator certificate (AOC) earlier this month.

Akasa Air had signed an agreement with Boeing on November 26 last year to purchase 72 Max aircraft after getting a green signal from the DGCA in August.

 

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Tata Power gets 150 megawatt-solar project in Maharashtra

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Tata Powerโ€™s subsidiary Tata Power NSE has won a 150 mw-solar PV project on the long-term basis in Maharashtra, the company said in a statement Monday.

This month, MSEDCL re-introduced the tender, inserting a clause that allows winning bidders to revise tariffs and recover any safeguard duty that might be introduced later.

This project is a part of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Coโ€™s 1,000-mw grid-connected solar power projects for which had called for bids for a period of 25 years. Tata Power will now sign a power purchase agreement with MSEDCL.

The minimum project capacity is 5MW for intra-state and 50MW for inter-state projects. The last date for submission of technical bids is 27 April. Financial bids open on 7 May.

โ€œTPREL is working towards Tata Power groupโ€™s renewable energy portfolio and achieve 30-40% generation capacity through clean energy sources. To achieve this goal, we are evaluating clean and green energy projects which are in line with our core business value of sustainable growth and returns to the shareholders and will further enhance and increase our clean energy footprint,โ€ said Ashish Khanna, president-renewables, Tata Power.

Tata Power aims to have 35-40% of its generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2025. Currently, it has a renewable energy capacity of over 2,000 mw and green generation portfolio (consisting of solar, wind, waste heat recovery and hydro) of over 3,400 mw.

Mudit Jain, senior manager at renewable energy consultant Bridge to India said while the state has not indicated where it wants the projects set up, existing projects in Maharashtra are focused in the Marathwada, Vidarbha, Wardha and Osmanabad regions, where solar irradiance is the highest. Maharashtra currently has 430MW of installed solar capacity.

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