Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder, and Chief Commercial Officer, Akasa AirNational, 10th January 2023: Akasa Air, India’s youngest airline, is set to inaugurate its maiden flight from Goa, the 12th city on its network. After Mumbai and Pune, Goa is the third city in the western part of India, to be added to the airline’s network. Akasa Air will be offering double daily flights from Goa to Mumbai, and from Goa to Bengaluru from January 11, 2023. From February 1, 2023, the airline will increase its frequency from Goa to Bengaluru by adding an additional flight each day.

The first Akasa Air flight QP1392 on the Bengaluru-Goa route is scheduled to land at 11.10 hrs IST at New Goa Manohar International Airport (Mopa) on Wednesday 11 January 2023.

Goa is one of India’s most popular tourist destinations and has recently also emerged as a manufacturing base for several leading companies. The launch of Goa as the latest destination on Akasa Air’s network, facilitating connectivity to Mumbai and Bengaluru reiterates the airline’s commitment to strengthen important transportation links across the country. Akasa Air’s operations from Goa will cater to the travel demand, further optimizing economic growth by increasing the tourist footprint.

Commenting on the start of operations, Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder, and Chief Commercial OfficerAkasa Air, said, “We are pleased to take off from our 12th destination within five months of our commercial launch. To strengthen our domestic connectivity, we are delighted to be able to connect the city of beaches with Mumbai and Bengaluru. We are constantly expanding our network with an aircraft arriving every 15 days to fulfil our goal of developing a strong pan-India presence”. 

Belson Coutinho, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing & Experience Officer, Akasa Air, said, We are delighted to bring the Akasa experience to Goa and Team Akasa is looking forward to delivering our promise of being a dependable airline focussed on delivering warm, efficient, and reliable service. As Akasa spreads its wings to Goa, we hope to create happy memories with our humane and inclusive travel experience.” 

Akasa Air recently also announced Hyderabad as the 13th destination on its network offering daily flights on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Goa routes starting from January 25, 2023.

Since its launch in August this year, Akasa Air has been progressively scaling up its operations and by January-end expects to cross over 500 weekly flights on a total of 20 routes across 13 cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Lucknow, Goa, and Hyderabad.

The airline will continue to grow its network to establish a strong pan-India presence focusing on the metro to tier 2 & 3 route connectivity, using a fleet expansion plan that adds one new aircraft every 15 days. Akasa Air’s fleet size will be 18 aircraft by the end of March 2023 and over the next four years, the airline will add 54 additional aircraft, taking its total fleet size to 72 aircraft.

Bookings for flights on Akasa Air are available on its website – www.akasaair.com, Android & IOS app as well as through travel agents and several OTAs across the country.

Goa schedule:

Flt. Number From City (Airport) Dep. Time To City (Airport) Arr. Time Operating Days Non-Stop / Connecting
                                          Commences January 11, 2023
QP 1392 BLR 10:00 GOX 11:10 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1393 GOX 11:50 BOM 13:15 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1396 BOM 17:35 GOX 18:50 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1397 GOX 20:05 BLR 21:30 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1398 BLR 20:35 GOX 21:50 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1399 GOX 22:25 BLR 23:30 Daily Non-Stop
                                          Commences January 12, 2023
QP 1394 BOM 14:00 GOX 15:05 Daily except Wednesday Non-Stop
QP 1395 GOX 15:45 BOM 16:55 Daily except Wednesday Non-Stop
                                          Commences January 25, 2023
QP 1416 HYD 12:30 GOX 13:45 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1417 GOX 14:20 HYD 15:35 Daily Non-Stop
                                            Commences February 1, 2023
QP 1390 BLR 05:55 GOX 07:15 Daily Non-Stop
QP 1391 GOX 07:55 BLR 09:15 Daily Non-Stop