Akasa Air will soon begin international flights from Delhi, with Boeing aircraft deliveries expected to accelerate.

Indian airline Akasa Air is set to begin international flights from the capital, Delhi, soon. Akasa Air expects to accelerate aircraft deliveries from Boeing, a senior official said on Monday. The airline, which is scheduled to begin operations in August 2022, currently has a fleet of 30 aircraft. It currently operates flights on 24 domestic and six international routes. Praveen Iyer, co-founder and chief commercial officer of Akasa Air, said, “We will soon begin international flights from Delhi.”

The airline operates 24 daily flights from Delhi.

Akasa Air currently operates 24 daily flights from Delhi. Praveen Iyer said in the national capital, Delhi, that the airline will consider operating flights to various international destinations, including Singapore, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Tashkent. Akasa Air currently operates flights to six international cities: Doha (Qatar), Jeddah, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait City (Kuwait), and Phuket (Thailand). The airline has contracted a total of 226 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and is facing delays in the delivery of the aircraft. Iyer said that with Boeing increasing production, Akasa Air expects the aircraft to arrive soon.

Akasa Air is also considering expanding services to Africa.

Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dubey recently said that his company is now feeling very good about the delivery of its Boeing aircraft. Emphasizing that Akasa Air’s international expansion continues in the right direction, Vinay Dubey said the airline will soon announce flights to Sharjah. “Our aircraft are capable of reaching the coasts of East Africa. They can go as far as Mauritius, and on the southern tip, they can go to Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt. We can also go to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. The Boeing 737 Max is also capable of reaching far into South Asia,” Vinay Dubey said in an interview with PTI.