Akasa Air to function its first industrial flight on Aug 7; opens ticket gross sales

New airline Akasa Air on Friday mentioned it’ll launch industrial flight operations on August 7 by working its first service on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route utilizing Boeing 737 Max plane.

In a press release, the service mentioned it has opened ticket gross sales on 28 weekly flights will probably be working on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from August 7, in addition to on 28 weekly flights it’ll working on Bengaluru-Kochi route from August 13.

The service will launch industrial operations with two 737 Max plane. Boeing has delivered one Max aircraft and the second’s supply is scheduled to happen later this month.

Praveen Iyer, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa Air, mentioned, “We kick-start operations with flights between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, with the brand-new Boeing 737 Max aircraft.”

“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,” he added.

The service had on July 7 obtained its air operator certificates (AOC) from aviation regulator DGCA.

With the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) giving its inexperienced gentle to Max planes in August 2021, Akasa Air signed a take care of Boeing on November 26 final yr to buy 72 Max plane.