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Akasa Air expands its learning & development academy in Gurugram with phase 2 opening

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 15 May 2023, 5:21 PM 859

Akasa Air has opened phase two of its training and development centre – Akasa Air Learning Academy (AALA) in Gurugram, to enhance its capabilities in providing hands-on and experiential training to its fast-growing employee base including pilots, cabin crew, engineers and airport services and security personnel. In July 2022, ahead of its commercial launch, Akasa Continue Reading

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Akasa Air performance ‘satisfying’ in first 60 days: CEO

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 7 October 2022, 12:00 PM 472

Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube on Thursday said the airline’s performance in the first 60 days since starting operations has been “satisfying”, reports PTI. The airline started operations on August 7 and has six planes in its fleet. It plans to have a total of 18 aircraft by the end of this fiscal. “We are […]Continue Reading

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Akasa Air to induct one aircraft every two weeks: CEO

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 19 August 2022, 4:30 PM 1199

New entrant Akasa Air is financially strong enough to place an aircraft order in the 18 next months that will be significantly larger than its first, its founder and CEO Vinay Dube has said. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala – who along with his family held around a 45 per cent stake in Akasa Air – passed away […]Continue Reading

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Akasa Air launch delayed to July

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 4:30 PM 1324

Low-cost carrier Akasa Air will now take to the skies in July, about a month later than when it was expected to start operations, reports Ashwini Phadnis for Moneycontrol. “The airline’s take off will slip over into July,” Vinay Dube, Founder, MD and CEO of startup airline, said in a telephonic interview over the weekend. […]Continue Reading

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Akasa Air places orders for 72 Boeing 737 MAX jets

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:19 PM 1226

Akasa Air, the Indian low-cost airline backed by billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, placed an order for 72 Boeing 737 MAX jets. “Akasa Air’s order includes two variants from the 737 MAX family, including the 737-8 and the high-capacity 737-8-200,” the joint statement by Akasa Air and Boeing mentioned. The move might help the US planemaker […]Continue Reading