New Delhi: Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-Backed Akasa Akasa which takes off this summer will not be a carrier of Ultra Low Cost (LCC).
But like Big Blue Indigo, the plane also won’t have an oven on the top of the food and real leaflets that need to be packed upma / noodles / Poha / Biryani in hot water for a few minutes before having the same thing.
However, a man behind Akasan – Founder, MD & CEO of Vinay Dube – the airline said “has some surprises that surpass others in our category” in stores for a comfortable trip that will be revealed later.
“We will get our first max Boeing 737 in the second half of April and our first commercial flight must be on May-End or early June.
At the end of March 2023, the Akasa must have 18 aircraft.
The post that over the next four years we will look at 12- 14 max every year, take our fleet to (which is ordered) 72, “Dube, a flight veteran who has held the top position with Jet Airways, Goair and many foreign airlines.
Recruitment of personnel such as pilots, cabin crew and airport staff have begun.
The airline, which has former Indigo President Aditya Ghosh as a co-founder, will have a 20 aircraft fleet in the summer.
It will soon submit the right to fly abroad to meet the 0/20 rules (no bar age but have a minimum of 20 aircraft fleets) and start flying abroad to places such as Gulf, Saarc and Southeast Asia as soon as they get permission to do it.
The last call on Onboard WiFi has not been taken and the cost in the sea will be “revealed over time”.
“Our focus will always be in the customer.
We will always be very warm, polite and efficient in the way we serve them.
We will use data and analytics for a faster process.” While the head office will be in Mumbai, the airline is in the airline Talks with various airport operators to decide on the main hub depending on the availability of check-in counters, parking slots and office space offered.
“Where we see our niche fly between the city of Metros and Tier 2/3.
That’s what we will target at first,” he said.
Airlines in India do not make money because the environmental cost of operating is expensive, thank you especially for the price of jet fuel which is very expensive because of the high base prices and even a steeper tax.
Indigo, the only favorable Indian airline in recent years has also been flying in red during Covid.
Dube, however, does not believe Indian airlines will continue to bleed nonstop.
And Jhunjhunwala, which is not known for losing money.
“Airlines in India may have certain records.
I spent a decade with deltas in the US and they made billions of dollars profit for 10 consecutive years (until Covid struck).
There is no reason why the sector must remain unhealthy.
This is The sector is very important for India, for consumers.
This is a sector that can make money in a very reasonable way and reason.
That’s why we have decided to start the airline, “he said.
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