Akasa Air began operations last August and has 19 737 Max planes in its fleet
Boeing has clarified that the planes already in service will not have an impact since this is not an immediate flight safety issue
The domestic airlines carried a total of 37.5 million passengers between January-March 2023 as compared to 24.7 million passengers during the corresponding period in the last year
The two carriers' load factors are in direct contrast to their on-time performance. Akasa Air was at the top, SpiceJet was at the bottom in March OTP chart, shows data from aviation Ministry
AirAsia India and Air India had the -lowest and third-lowest OTPs among 7 major carriers
The first four MAX 8s were delivered between December 2022 and March 2023, the fifth is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of calendar 2023
Akasa Air, which started operations on August 7 last year, had 19 Boeing 737MAX8 in the fleet as of March 25, according to an aircraft fleet tracking website
To offer seamless connectivity to the passengers flying out of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) here, Akasa Air on Sunday launched two flights to Goa and Ahmedabad
In an interview with PTI, Dube said the airline is in its early stages, but "if someone has got 19 aircraft, is that a startup or is that not a startup?"
It has placed an order for 72 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, and 19 of them are already in its fleet. The 20th aircraft will be inducted in April, following which it will also be eligible to fly overseas
There is a gap of around $350 million in terms of funding between traditional aviation fuel and 10% blended fuel, he said
The airline is already considering placing another aircraft order
The government is working on mandating blending of jet fuel with SAF as the country works on ways to reduce emissions
The latest move may pivot frequent travelers from staying in hotels to flying even more
The airline has flown a total of 0.5 million passengers from the city, which contributes to 70 per cent of the total number of passengers flown across its network to date
Akasa Air is going to place an order for a fleet of aircraft which will be in three digits by the year-end, the company said on Wednesday
The new order will be for narrowbody planes, said Akasa's co-founder, a former chief executive of now-grounded, bankrupt full-service carrier Jet Airways
Akasa Air on Wednesday said it experienced certain "operational disruptions" due to the global outage at its service provider's facility and the issues were fixed later
Two additional Hyderabad-Bengaluru frequencies will be added starting February 15, the airline said
Goa will be the 12th city on its network in the country