Rakesh Jhunjhunwala backed Akasa Air to start Bengaluru-Pune flights from Nov 23

Newly launched Akasa Air has added a ninth destination to the airline's network and it will start flights to Pune from 23rd November. The carried has started operations on 7th August and is expected to cross some 58 daily flights and 400 weekly flights by the end of November, as per a release on Wednesday.

As a result of rising demand, the airlines have also decided to increase the frequency of flights between Bengaluru and Mumbai from 23rd November, taking the total number of daily services in the route to seven.

After launching the services between Bengaluru and Pune on 23rd November, Akasa Air will start a second frequency in the route from November 26.


Akasa will now offer 20 daily flights from Bengaluru connecting seven cities -- Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Guwahati, and Pune, the release said.

Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Akasa Air, said that connecting two of the most important IT hubs -- Pune and Bengaluru -- will offer enhanced connectivity and options along with affordable fares.

Akasa Air has been progressively scaling up its operations with a total of 13 routes across 9 cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala and Pune.

(With inputs from PTI)