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Fuelled by the rapid growth in air travel demand, country’s newest airline Akasa Air has launched several new routes and has increased frequencies from key metro and non-metro destinations.
With 200 weekly departures, Akasa Air now connects Mumbai with 12 domestic destinations including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Lucknow, Goa, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Bagdogra, Kochi and Guwahati.
Further, frequencies have increased from the city to various prominent destinations such as Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru to 3X, 4X and 8X average daily flights respectively. The airline has bolstered its connectivity from Pune with direct flights to Delhi and Goa, taking its weekly departures from the city up to 47 flights connecting a total of 4 domestic destinations including Bengaluru, Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, and Goa.
Starting July 7, the airline will be operating direct flights between Mumbai and Kolkata, connecting Kolkata with a total three destinations – Bengaluru, Mumbai and Guwahati with 21 weekly flights. Further, the airline has also ramped up its frequency between Delhi and Ahmedabad to 2X daily flights.
In the past 11 months, Akasa Air has registered unprecedented growth and continues to steadily advance towards its vision of strengthening the country’s transportation system with a robust network connecting metros with tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
The first-ever direct route from Kerala to Vietnam marks an important milestone for the development of Kochi airport and the tourism industry of the two countries. When the route is commenced on August 12, 2023, Vietjet will be operating a total of 32 flights a week between India and Vietnam.
Commenting on the announcement Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa Air said, “Akasa Air was born with the aim to make air travel accessible for Indians, and we are delighted to be able to optimize our network in line with our vision. The launch of new routes as well as additional flights will offer customers enhanced air connectivity at affordable prices and we are confident that travellers across the country will appreciate the choice of flying India’s most dependable airline.”Since its launch in August 2022, Akasa Air has carried over 3.5 million revenue passengers and crossed the milestone of operating over 900 weekly flights with an announced network of 35 unique routes connecting 16 cities, namely Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala, Pune, Lucknow, Goa, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.
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