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, “We kick-start operations with flights between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, with the brand-new Boeing 737 Max aircraft.”
Mr. Iyer further said, “We 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.”
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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