Page 3 - Latest Updates on Akasa Air
Akasa Air to operate first international flight to Doha on March 28
Currently, 68 flights per week are operated by four carriers between Mumbai and Doha
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Akasa Air to start international ops from March 28; first flight to Doha
Akasa Air Founder and CEO Vinay Dube said its foray into Qatar marks the next phase of growth as it continues the journey towards becoming one of the world's top 30 airlines by the turn of this decade
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Will probe incident involving LS member Pragya Singh Thakur: Akasa Air
In a post on X on Friday, Thakur alleged that Akasa Air's duty manager Imran and his associates conspired and tried to cause loss to her
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Akasa Air to cancel 4 Mumbai-Bengaluru flights daily from Feb 15-Mar 30
The civil aviation ministry has asked Mumbai airport operator MIAL to cut the number of scheduled flights and also restrict private jet operations for longer hours, according to reports
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Akasa Air cancels 10 flights in two days, says it is an 'aberration'
The carrier was not getting adequate slots for training pilots who have joined it, said sources
Do not have any pilot shortage: Akasa Air founder and CEO Vinay Dube
The airline, which has a 23 Max aircraft in its fleet, cancelled a few flights on Sunday and Monday due to operational reasons. These cancellations were not due to lack of sufficient number of pilots
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Akasa Air orders over 300 CFM engines for its new B737 MAX aircraft
The deal is valued at around $4.5 billion and includes spare engines and a services contract
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Akasa Air buys 300 CFM engines at list prices of $5 billion: Report
The contract for Leap-1B engines, spares, and services is estimated to be worth $5 billion at list prices, said the report
TMS Ep614: Akasa Air, layoffs in 2024, rail stocks, semiconductor assembly
Is Akasa Air ready to fly higher? What will 2024 hold for layoffs in India? How to approach rail stocks ahead of Budget 2024? What is outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing? All answers here
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Akasa Air announces commercial flight ops from upcoming Noida Airport
Akasa Air on Friday became the second airline to announce commercial flight operations from the upcoming Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh
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'Highly confident' Akasa Air to bring 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on board
In 2021, Akasa Air initially ordered 72 MAX planes from Boeing and then expanded the order to 76 in 2023. Of these, 22 have been delivered, with the remaining 54 due by mid-2027
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Akasa Air, IndiGo, Air India order 1,120 planes in less than one year
The less than two-year-old Akasa Air has placed a firm order for 150 Boeing 737 Max planes, comprising 737 Max 10 and 737 Max 8-200 jets
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Boeing wins order for 150 Max jets from Akasa amid recent mid-air blowout
Akasa Air, which began flying commercially less than two years ago, made a firm purchase for the 737 Max 10 and Max 8-200 planes to be delivered through 2032, the carrier announced
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New FDTL norms will not affect Akasa Air's flight schedule: CEO Vinay Dube
The new mandate has increased weekly rest periods for flight crew to 48 hours in a week from the previous 36 hours
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IndiGo cornered bigger share of India's skies in 2023, shows DGCA data
Overall, Indian airlines carried 153.2 million domestic passengers in 2023 compared to 123.2 million in 2022, recording an annual growth of 23.36 per cent
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No plan to modify mid-cabin doors in current, future planes: Akasa Air
Following the incident on January 5, aviation regulator DGCA ordered Akasa Air, Air India Express and SpiceJet to carry out an inspection of the wing emergency exits of their Boeing 737-8 Max planes
DGCA says checks of Boeing 737-8 Max planes completed satisfactorily
"These checks have been satisfactorily performed on the fleet of operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft by Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20)," DGCA said in a statement
No adverse findings in Boeing 737 Max planes, says Akasa post-inspection
Akasa Air on Monday said it has completed a thorough inspection of its entire fleet of in-service Boeing 737 Max planes and that there are no adverse findings
Akasa Air inducts two new Boeing aircraft, total fleet rises to 22
Indian regulations mandate that carriers must have at least 20 aircraft in their fleet to be eligible for international flights
Akasa Air set to close order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody planes
Contract negotiations are ongoing and a deal is expected to be announced at Wings India, the country's largest civil aviation event scheduled for Jan. 18-21, said two sources familiar with ongoing ta
