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Akasa Air adds Chennai to its network
The country’s newest airline has also added a new route between Ahmedabad and Bengaluru, which will commence on August 23. Expanding its network in phases, Akasa Air had earlier announced its daily direct flights between Bengaluru and Mumbai starting August 19. It is now ready to enhance the capacity in this sector with additional daily flights, commencing August 30 and September 19 respectively.Commenting on Akasa Air’s network expansion plans and increase in flight frequencies, Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa Air, said, “With the first flight scheduled to take off on August 7, we have seen tremendous response for booking from travellers and our first flight got soldout within a day of going live.
With an aircraft arriving every fortnight, we are delighted to augment our network to meet our commitment of progressively adding more cities along new sectors to establish a strong pan-India presence, with a focus on the metro to tier 2 & 3 route connectivity”.
On July 22, Akasa Air opened bookings for ticket sales of its first commercial flight and unveiled its customer experience strategy with several category- first services & product choices. Flying with the airline code QP, Akasa Air will begin commercial operations with two aircraft from August 7.
It will add an additional two aircraft each month and by the end of 2023, it will have inducted 18 aircraft. It plans to add another 12 to 14 planes every 12 months, which will make up its order of 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, delivered over five years.
Source : Travel World
