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Topic: Akasa Air

Akasa Air orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, international foray in ‘very near future’

This comes after India’s two big airlines, Air India and IndiGo, placed orders for 970 planes in total with Boeing and Airbus in 2023.

Akasa Air orders 150 Boeing MAX planes to expand global operations

The airline's order for 737 MAX 10 and MAX 8-200 does not include the MAX 9 version, which has been largely grounded over the Alaska Airlines cabin panel blowout incident.

Air India and Akasa CEOs spar over pilot poaching allegation

The rare verbal and written confrontations between the airlines' chief executives were detailed in the letter, sent by Campbell Wilson of Air India, to Vinay Dube of low-cost airline Akasa.

Akasa Air CEO says carrier flying less after some pilots quit abruptly

The budget airline's CEO, Vinay Dube, said that the company will give up market share in the short term to ensure it operates reliably.

Akasa Air places order for 4 Boeing 737 Max jets, another 3-digit aircraft purchase by year-end

The Paris airshow has been dominated by India, as two of its biggest airlines finalised huge orders on the first two days of the event.

Akasa Air to place large plane order in 2023 for its international growth

Akasa will add three planes to its fleet within the next three months to reach 20, making it eligible to fly to international destinations, says airline’s co-founder.

A pet-friendly airline: Akasa Air to allow furry friends on board from November

With this, late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed airline will become the second commercial Indian carrier after Air India to permit pets weighing 7 kg in the cabin.

Family man, confident investor & eternal India optimist — farewell, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who made more money on the stock market than almost anyone else, was sure 2 decades ago that India & its stock market were going to boom.

New airline Akasa Air to launch operations on 7 August, flight booking begins

The carrier said it has opened ticket sales on 28 weekly flights on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from 7 August & 28 weekly flights on the Bengaluru-Kochi route from 13 August.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air gets licence to fly, will take off late July

The no-frills commercial airline will start operations with 2 planes, and will add 16 more by 2023.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.