Akasa Air to add 800 staff, operate internationally

Mumbai: Akasa Air, India’s newest airline, is planning to add up to 800 new workers by the end of this fiscal year as it prepares to start international services, Chief Executive Officer Vinay Dube told Bloomberg News.

The low-cost carrier, which began flying commercially in 2022, is considering expanding its network to the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other parts of South Asia Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, keeping single-class configuration on the routes, Dube said in an interview Thursday.