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Akasa Air eyes China, Africa, but fleet crunch limits expansion

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November 11, 2025

India's youngest low-cost carrier, Akasa Air, has ambitious plans to expand its international operations, including flights to China, but delays in supply of aircraft by Boeing are holding it back.

- Abhishek Law

Akasa Air eyes China, Africa, but fleet crunch limits expansion

The airline has flying rights to seven international routes.

(PT)

Owned by SNV Aviation, the airline, which began flying in August 2022, has bilateral flying rights to at least seven new international destinations, including Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Hanoi, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia and Singapore, and is eyeing other routes into China and Africa (Nairobi). Yet, with only 30 aircraft in its fleet and deliveries from Boeing running behind schedule, the carrier finds itself in a holding pattern.

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