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Akasa Air to fly to regional “capacity constrained” destinations
May 17th 2024
India’s newest airline, Akasa Air, which flies to Qatar and intends to service Saudi Arabia from mid-year and possibly Kuwait soon afterwards, said these countries are constrained for capacity and therefore were interesting markets. Read More » Akasa Air co-founder and chief commercial officer, Praveen Iyer, told news platform Skift “we have 26 departures out of Mumbai, close to 13 departures out of Delhi and around 25 departures from Bengaluru”. “We deploy our assets based on the connectivity available from each of these points,” Iyer said, and added the airline’s fleet is capable of flying within six hours of India. Akasa is eyeing potential destinations across the Gulf, Southeast Asia and East Africa. “It’s a matter of time before we make these announcements,” Iyer said.
