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With more travellers, planes, airports, 'bullishness' greets slightly clouded-aviation skies

A “bullishness” greets the skies as more passengers are set to step into airports and more aircraft, including A350s, are ready to carry them in expanding routes in 2024

The Hindu · Dec 31, 2023

Domestic air passenger traffic rise 9% in November

Domestic air passenger traffic in India rose 9% to 1.27 crore in November, with multiple daily highs. IndiGo remained top carrier but OTP below 80%.

The Hindu · Dec 15, 2023

Woman alleges harassment by off-duty pilot mid-air; Akasa Air promises fair investigation

Akasa Air has reached out to a 20-year-old student, who alleged that an off-duty pilot belonging to the airline harassed her on board a Bengaluru-Pune flight earlier this month, and has assured her of concluding the investigation in a fair manner on priority

The Hindu · Oct 17, 2023

Govt. right in intervening on airfare surge: Akasa Air

The government is right in intervening over the issue of price gouging by airlines, says Akasa Air co-founder, Vinay Dube, days after a government advisory to airlines in the aftermath of the train crash in Odisha.

The Hindu · Jun 7, 2023

India has one of the best airfare regimes; there should be no 'gouging': Akasa Air CEO

India has one of the best airfare regimes in the world, but there should not be “gouging” in terms of ticket prices to take advantage of a particular situation, according to Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube

The Hindu · Jun 7, 2023

Akasa Air to start operations from Mopa from January 11

PANAJI: Akasa Air will commence operations from Manohar International Airport from Wednesday onwards with five flights to Mumbai and Bengaluru. The airline will add more flights to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru in the coming fortnight, said Akasa Air’s chief commercial officer Praveen Iyer.

The Times of India · Jan 10, 2023

India's domestic passenger volume rose 47% to 10 million in September: DGCA

MUMBAI: Domestic air passenger volume grew 46.54 per cent to 10.35 million in September over the same period last year, according to data released by aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Oct 19, 2022

Aviation Sector: Akasa Air to allow pets on board soon

After Air India, late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air on Thursday announced that it would allow pets on board from November 1. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Oct 6, 2022

Akasa Air performance 'satisfying' in first 60 days: CEO

NEW DELHI: Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube on Thursday said the airline's performance in the first 60 days since starting operations has been "satisfying".

The Times of India · Oct 6, 2022

Akasa Air suffers mega data breach, informs CERT-in, apologizes to passengers

The new entrant among domestic airlines, Akasa Air said that it suffered a mega data breach involving the personal details of its passengers on Thursday and shared it with the team of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the airline informed on Sunday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 28, 2022