Well-capitalised to induct 72 aircraft in 5 years: Akasa CEO Vinay Dube

Akasa Air, which began commercial operations from August 7 on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route, on Wednesday said it would keep adding one new aircraft every two weeks. The carrier received its third aircraft on August 16 and the same will be used for flights on the Mumbai-Bengaluru route shortly.

Akasa co-founder and CEO Vinay Dube said in a statement that the airline is well-capitalised to induct 72 aircraft over the next five years. “Our financial platform is strong enough to allow Akasa to place an aircraft order in the next 18 months that will be significantly larger than our first,” Dube said.