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Aviation Watchdog Issues Warning Letter To Akasa Air Over Regulatory Lapses

January 14, 2025 admin

Mumbai: Aviation watchdog DGCA has issued a warning letter to Akasa Air’s accountable manager Vinay Dube, who is also its founder and CEO, for regulatory lapses, days after the airline was warned for violating norms related to handling dangerous goods. Sources on Tuesday told PTI that the regulator has warned the airline’s Accountable Manager to…

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Akasa Air Pilots Seek Probe Into Airline’s Hiring Practices, Other Lapses

January 10, 2025 admin

Mumbai: A section of Akasa Air has written to the civil aviation ministry seeking a probe into the airline’s hiring practices, alleging rostering issues and other lapses. Among others, these pilots have claimed that some operating crew do not report to work on time and claimed that there are issues with reporting of On Time…

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Aviation Body Takes Action Against Senior Akasa Air Pilot Over Lapses

January 6, 2025 admin

Mumbai: Aviation watchdog DGCA has withdrawn the Line Training Captain approval given to an Akasa Air pilot for lapses in landing of a passenger aircraft in March 2024, till further orders, according to sources. Besides, the permission given to the pilot for carrying Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) has been withdrawn. This is the…

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Akasa Air Passenger Complains Of Expired Food Packets, Airline Responds

September 8, 2024 admin

“We are in touch with the passenger concerned,” Akasa Air said (Representational) New Delhi: An Akasa Air passenger has complained that the airline allegedly served expired food packets to passengers onboard a Gorakhpur-Bengaluru flight on Saturday, following which the airline said it is undertaking a detailed probe into the incident. After the passenger took to…

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Akasa Air commences international operations

March 29, 2024 admin

Akasa Air. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Domestic carrier Akasa Air has commenced its international operations with its inaugural overseas flight departing from Mumbai to Doha, Qatar. In a statement on Thursday, the airline said it has been granted traffic rights for three other international destinations — Kuwait, Jeddah, and Riyadh. Akasa will be rapidly…

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India Has Incredibly Affordable Airfares, Says Akasa Air CEO

March 24, 2024 admin

New Delhi: India has “incredibly affordable” airfares and the country’s aviation market has the kind of growth potential where Akasa Air as well as other carriers can do well, according to the nearly two-year-old airline’s chief Vinay Dube. As Akasa Air prepares to take the international skies on March 28 with the first overseas flight…

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Akasa Air to start international operations from March 28

February 16, 2024 admin

An Akasa Air passenger aircraft taxis on the tarmac at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Akasa Air on Friday said it will start international operations with flight services to Doha starting from March 28. “Starting 28 March 2024, Akasa Air will operate four non-stop flights a week, connecting Mumbai…

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Campbell Wilson Vinay Dube – Air India, Akasa CEOs Exchange Barbs Over Poaching Of Pilots: Report

October 31, 2023 admin

Air India declined to comment and the two chief executives did not respond to requests for comment. NEW DELHI: The chief executives of Air India and Akasa Air have privately exchanged barbs over the poaching of pilots, with the latter accusing its bigger rival of rule violations, provoking a reply that collusion to curb job…

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Akasa Air Jet Makes Emergency Landing At Varanasi Airport Over Bomb Threat

September 29, 2023 admin

An Akasa aircraft with 166 people onboard made an emergency landing. (Representational) Mumbai: An Akasa aircraft from Mumbai with 166 people onboard made an emergency landing at Varanasi airport on Friday after the airline received a bomb threat message on social media, according to an airline spokesperson. The airline said the captain of the flight…

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Akasa Air moves Delhi HC seeking “coercive action” against pilots who quit without notice

September 20, 2023 admin

An Akasa Air passenger aircraft. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Newly launched budget carrier Akasa Air has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to act against pilots who left the airline without serving their mandatory notice period. Akasa Air, which operated its first commercial flight…

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