Akasa is India's fastest growing airline; we can do in three years what other carriers have spent 15-20 years doing: Vinay Dube
Vinay Dube, Founder, MD & CEO, Akasa Air, says: “We are part of India's growth story. We can help underpin the economic growth as is required with strong transportation links. We are India's most on-time airline and so we have a real sort of approach to service excellence that we hope is not seen so far. For me, it is just excitement in the future and to top it all off, we are starting our first international flight and so we get to plant the orange Akasa flag in Doha, Qatar just in a few days and we have broken all records with it. We are the first airline to fly internationally within 19 months of launch when most others have taken about six years and that is the reason why I am so excited.”
Dube further said: «Flight to Kuwait, Riyadh, Jeddah will come on the heels of Doha, perhaps later this summer. I cannot give you a definitive timeline because we are working with these foreign governments to get the appropriate approvals before we can launch it. But that is just the start. We will (eventually) fly to other parts of the Indian subcontinent, whether it is Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kathmandu, etc, or Southeast Asia, other parts of the Middle East.»
What is happening in the Indian skies right now? There is competition. There is a news flow, a lot of issues we keep hearing about with regards to Boeing. We are going to address that in greater detail, but set the roadmap for us.
Vinay Dube: For me, Indian aviation is growth, excitement and a future of connected cities.
It is about passenger convenience and supporting the economy. And at Akasa, we are just very happy to be a part of that because we have got this incredible order for 226 aircraft. So, we are part of India's growth story.
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