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mercure1 wrote:A couple interviews with CEO Vinay Dube.
- plans the first aircraft in April with service commencing late May or June.
- targeting 18 aircraft first year
- focus on the domestic metro(DEL/BOM/BLR) to tier-2 cities. International down the road - late 2023.
- Not a ULCC, but an "affordable" airline with focus on warm, efficient, reliable service
https://www.thehindu.com/business/inter ... 286128.ece
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstor ... ar-AASTFRf
mercure1 wrote:
avier wrote:mercure1 wrote:
VT-YAA
Be curious to know if it's a new-build or ntu. If it's a ntu of another Indian carrier , be very interesting.
ikolkyo wrote:avier wrote:mercure1 wrote:
VT-YAA
Be curious to know if it's a new-build or ntu. If it's a ntu of another Indian carrier , be very interesting.
T’way airlines ntu I believe.
mercure1 wrote:Akasa Air unveils airline crew uniform
Cabin crew casual.
https://www.timesaerospace.aero/sites/a ... k=Y4-2Wv8V
New article
https://www.timesaerospace.aero/news/ai ... ew-uniform
DTWLAX wrote:Owner of India's newest airline Akasa Air, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passed away. He was 62.
Sad he could not get to see his airline grow.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation ... 87497.html
hohd wrote:I dont know why we have the Indian Aviation News thread if each story related to Indian aviation has a different thread.
atal17 wrote:Akasa Air has steadily built up more routes in the pipeline -
By October, they’ll fly
1x daily Bengaluru-Ahmedabad
3x daily Bengaluru-Chennai
2x daily Bengaluru-Kochi
4x daily Bengaluru-Mumbai
...
So far, QP seems to be following 6E’s playbook - rapidly establish presence at a new station with multiple daily flights to spread costs evenly. It is the same strategy that Ghosh followed in 6E, which made them the competitor today.
Nimish wrote:atal17 wrote:Akasa Air has steadily built up more routes in the pipeline -
By October, they’ll fly
1x daily Bengaluru-Ahmedabad
3x daily Bengaluru-Chennai
2x daily Bengaluru-Kochi
4x daily Bengaluru-Mumbai
...
So far, QP seems to be following 6E’s playbook - rapidly establish presence at a new station with multiple daily flights to spread costs evenly. It is the same strategy that Ghosh followed in 6E, which made them the competitor today.
Interesting to see the concentration on BLR in the first few weeks, I'd have thought they'd focus more on BOM and pick up any and all available airport slots...
hohd wrote:Nimish wrote:atal17 wrote:Akasa Air has steadily built up more routes in the pipeline -
By October, they’ll fly
1x daily Bengaluru-Ahmedabad
3x daily Bengaluru-Chennai
2x daily Bengaluru-Kochi
4x daily Bengaluru-Mumbai
...
So far, QP seems to be following 6E’s playbook - rapidly establish presence at a new station with multiple daily flights to spread costs evenly. It is the same strategy that Ghosh followed in 6E, which made them the competitor today.
Interesting to see the concentration on BLR in the first few weeks, I'd have thought they'd focus more on BOM and pick up any and all available airport slots...
Yes grab any slots before Jet 2.0 starts service (if it does start anytime soon). BOM is more lucrative and somewhat underserved as almost every airline in India is based in DEL and serve DEL the most.
Akasa is following Indigo, but the airlines which could be affected are Spicejet and Go First. And Tata group better watch out, they are moving very slow allowing Akasa and may be Jet to start and expand..
blrBird wrote:Will BLR be south hub for Akasa?
There will be shake down in Indian Aviation, who will survive in 3-4 years time will be interesting!