Aviation Minister Scindia flags off Akasa Air's inaugural flight
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Akasa Air, which is backed by ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and aviation veterans Aditya Ghosh and Vinay Dube, got its air operator certificate from the DGCA on July 7
Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on August 7 virtually flagged off Akasa Air's first commercial flight that departed from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
Akasa Air, which is backed by ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and aviation veterans Aditya Ghosh and Vinay Dube, got its air operator certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on July 7.
Mr. Jhujhunwala, who was present at the Mumbai airport, said in his speech: "I must thank you (Scindia) because people say that India has a very very bad bureaucracy but the cooperation that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has given us, it is unbelievable."
Nowhere in the world has an airline been conceived and born in 12 months, he added.
"Normally a child is born in 9 months, we took 12 months. It would not have been possible without the cooperation of the Ministry of Civil Aviation," he noted.
The airline's inaugural flight operated this morning.
After virtually flagging off the flight, Mr. Scindia said this indeed is a "new dawn" for the civil aviation sector in India in more ways than one.
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