Akasa Air expects to take delivery of Boeing 737 MAX 10 in 2027
India’s Akasa Air expects to start taking delivery of Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft by the summer of 2027 as it believes the model will be certified that same year, the airline’s chief executive Vinay Dube told Reuters on Wednesday.
The carrier had ordered 150 737 MAX narrow body planes in January, including the MAX 10 and MAX 8-200 versions.
Akasa Air had a market share of 4.5% in the March-quarter, smaller than rivals IndiGo, SpiceJet , Vistara and Air India, but higher from 3% a year earlier, per the Indian aviation regulator’s website.
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The carrier currently operates a fleet of 24 aircraft, all of which are 737 MAX planes.
The U.S. civil aviation regulator had raised concerns regarding the certification of the MAX 10 model following an incident in January in which a door plug blew off a 737 MAX 9 plane mid-flight.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had adopted a new aircraft certification policy in November last year.
Delta Air has said it does not expect MAX 10 deliveries for “quite some time” without specifying a timeline, while United Airlines has converted a portion of its MAX 10 orders to MAX 9.
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