Highlight
- Akasa Air has been given a license to fly by DGCA
- The airline is backed by veteran investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
- Akasa Air took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in India on 21 June
Akasa Air News: Akasa Air, backed by veteran investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, got the airline license from DGCA on Thursday. DGCA said that the airline can start operations.
Akasa Air took to Twitter and informed, “We are delighted to announce the receipt of our Air Operator Certificate (AOC). This is a significant milestone, which marks the opening of our flights for sale and commercial operation.” enables us to initiate.”
In another tweet, Akasa Air shared the #ThrowbackThursday photos, saying, “…feeling nostalgic about these surreal moments when our first plane came home!”
Akasa Air’s grant signifies the airline’s operational readiness to satisfactorily meet all regulatory and compliance requirements, Akasa Air said in a statement.
The process was completed under the supervision of DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) with the airline successfully operating several Siddha flights.
The Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed airline took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in India on June 21.
“We are grateful to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA for their constructive guidance, proactive support and the highest level of efficiency during the AOC process. We are now looking forward to open our flights for sale, leading to late commercial operations. July,” said Vinay Dubey, Founder-CEO, Akasa Air.
Following the government’s initiative to usher in a new era of digitisation, Akasa Air is the first airline whose end-to-end AOC process was conducted using the government’s progressive EGCA digital platform, the airline said.
According to the airline, it will start commercial operations with two planes later this month and will add planes to its fleet every month later.
By the end of the financial year 2022-23, the airline will have 18 aircraft and after that, 12-14 aircraft will be added every 12 months. It will fulfill its order of 72 aircraft to be delivered over a period of five years, it said.
Last November, Akasa Air announced the order for 72 ‘737 MAX’ aircraft from Boeing. The order includes two variants of the 737 MAX family – the 737-8 and 737-8-200.