New Delhi: Startups backed by billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala airline akasa Boeing 737 Max has been selected.
The airline ordered 72 of these planes, worth $9 billion, at the list price at the Dubai Air Show on Tuesday.
Deliveries of the plane will begin early next year, when the airline expects to start flying.
Earlier this year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approved Max to fly in and out of India. As of now SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier to have B737 MAX but none of those aircraft are flying yet.
Akasa has received an important no-objection certificate from India, after which it will now apply for an air operator permit from the DGCA and is expected to start flying next summer.
The proposed ultra low cost carrier (LCC), SNV Aviation Pvt Ltd, which will fly under the brand name Akasa Air, is to be operated by aviation giant Vinay Dubey who is its CEO.
Jhunjhunwala recently met PM Modi in Delhi.
In a recent statement, the upcoming airline said it “plans to offer pan-India flights starting in the summer of 2022, with an effort to become the country’s most reliable, affordable and green airline.”
The airline ordered 72 of these planes, worth $9 billion, at the list price at the Dubai Air Show on Tuesday.
Deliveries of the plane will begin early next year, when the airline expects to start flying.
Earlier this year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approved Max to fly in and out of India. As of now SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier to have B737 MAX but none of those aircraft are flying yet.
Akasa has received an important no-objection certificate from India, after which it will now apply for an air operator permit from the DGCA and is expected to start flying next summer.
The proposed ultra low cost carrier (LCC), SNV Aviation Pvt Ltd, which will fly under the brand name Akasa Air, is to be operated by aviation giant Vinay Dubey who is its CEO.
Jhunjhunwala recently met PM Modi in Delhi.
In a recent statement, the upcoming airline said it “plans to offer pan-India flights starting in the summer of 2022, with an effort to become the country’s most reliable, affordable and green airline.”
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