{"id":123761,"date":"2022-03-25T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=123761"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:46:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:46:23","slug":"akasa-air-plans-first-commercial-flight-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/03\/akasa-air-plans-first-commercial-flight-in-june.html","title":{"rendered":"Akasa Air plans first commercial flight in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Indian budget airline <strong>Akasa Air<\/strong> plans to launch its first commercial flight in June and is working to get all relevant licences, Chief Executive Vinay Dube said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline is backed by billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, known as \u201cIndia\u2019s Warren Buffett\u201d, who has teamed up with former chief executives of IndiGo and Jet Airways to tap into rising long-term prospects for domestic air travel in India, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/india-akasa-air\/indian-budget-airline-akasa-plans-first-commercial-flight-in-june-idUSL2N2VS0VO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/03\/closure-of-russian-airspace-forces-airlines-to-find-new-routes.html\">Closure of Russian airspace forces airlines to find new routes to Asia.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline aims to have 18 aircraft within 12 months from launch and will have 72 planes in five years, Dube said speaking at an air show in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The carrier will fly within India. 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