{"id":127048,"date":"2022-05-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=127048"},"modified":"2022-05-23T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:20:13","slug":"akasa-air-showed-images-of-its-first-boeing-737-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/05\/akasa-air-showed-images-of-its-first-boeing-737-max.html","title":{"rendered":"Akasa Air showed images of its first Boeing 737 MAX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Akasa Air<\/strong>, India&#8217;s new low-cost airline promoted by billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, showed images of its first aircraft on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On its Twitter account, the airline shared images of a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 in the airline&#8217;s colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t keep calm! Say hi to our QP-pie! \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AvGeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AvGeek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sT8YkxcDCV\">pic.twitter.com\/sT8YkxcDCV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Akasa Air (@AkasaAir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkasaAir\/status\/1528609416408231936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, Akasa Air ordered 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, estimated to be worth nearly $9 billion. 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