Akasa Air’s all-women pilot crew bring home its 25th Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

Delhi, 12th September 2024:

Two women pilots Captain Bhavna Gandhi and Captain Sanaya Chothia received delivery of Akasa Air’s 25th aircraft in Seattle on September 9, 2024. The first leg of the women-led delivery flight commenced from Seattle, USA, to Keflavik, Iceland, and concluded with the final leg from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Hyderabad, India. Bearing the registration number VT-YBB, the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on 12th September 2024.

Team Akasa celebrating the arrival of Akasa Airs 25th Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad on 12th September 2024

Akasa Air has registered unprecedented growth since its inception in August 2022. In 2021, Akasa Air placed its initial order of 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which was followed by an order of four Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in June 2023. In January 2024, the airline placed another landmark order of 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, becoming the first Indian airline to reach an order book of 226 aircraft within 17 months of commencing operations.

The airline has now taken delivery of 25 aircraft and is on track to receive deliveries of another 201 aircraft over the next eight years.

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