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LUCKNOW: A full emergency was declared by Air Traffic Control (ATC) after an Akasa Air flight operating as QP 1503 issued a PAN-PAN call due to low fuel while en route from Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar, officials said on Wednesday.The flight was diverted to Lucknow airport following bad weather conditions along the original route.According to officials,…
Akasa Singh dismissed rumours of her secret wedding, clarifying she was attending friend Mehreen Pirzada’s wedding in Uttarakhand. She shared posts confirming, “My BFF is getting married, not me.” Meanwhile, her song ‘Jab Talak’ from Cocktail 2 is trending. The film, starring Kriti Sanon, releases on June 19. Singer Akasa Singh recently found herself at…
NEW DELHI: A ground collision between two aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday damaged both planes after a SpiceJet aircraft, while taxiing, struck a stationary Akasa Air plane.According to a SpiceJet spokesperson, a B737-700 aircraft was involved in a ground incident while taxiing on April 16. The aircraft’s right winglet struck the left-hand…
Akasa Air on Saturday announced that it will introduce a fuel surcharge ranging from Rs 199 to Rs 1,300 on domestic and international flight tickets booked from March 15, citing a sharp rise in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.In a post on X, the airline said the…
New Delhi: Akasa has lost another co-founder as Praveen Iyer — also the airline’s chief commercial officer (CCO) — has resigned. A few months back, co-founder Neelu Khatri, who was in charge of international operations had also quit. Akasa has appointed chief information officer as the new head of commercial. The resignations of key people…
VARANASI: A passenger on an Akasa Air flight from Varanasi to Mumbai was detained after he allegedly tried to open the aircraft’s emergency exit before takeoff, officials said on Tuesday.The incident occurred aboard flight QP 1497, which was scheduled to depart for Mumbai at 6:45 pm on Monday from Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.While taxiing…
Akasa Air is evaluating new routes to Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt and other international destinations as part of its next phase of overseas expansion, CEO and founder Vinay Dube said. The three-year-old airline, which has grown steadily since its launch, now feels “very good” about its Boeing aircraft delivery schedule.“Our aircraft are capable of hitting the…
NEW DELHI: An allegedly inebriated person created ruckus on Akasa’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight QP 1599 on October 20 right after boarding. According to sources, he first got into a spat with co-passengers and then even the crew which asked him to alight from the aircraft at Bengaluru. “He was so inebriated that he refused to alight…
NEW DELHI: An Akasa Air aircraft flying from Pune to Delhi on Friday experienced a bird hit but landed safely in the national capital, the airline confirmed.“Akasa Air flight QP 1607 flying from Pune to Delhi on 10th October 2025 experienced a bird hit. The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew members were…
