Akasa Air Adds New Flights from Mumbai to Kuwait

MUMBAI- India’s greenest and youngest carrier, Akasa Air (QP) announced today (July 29) that it will launch new flights to a 5th international destination, Kuwait (KWI) from Mumbai (BOM).

Starting 23 August 2024, Akasa Air will operate daily flights between two cities. These flights will add another option for VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) and business passengers.

Akasa Air Kuwait Flights

Next month, the Mumbai-based carrier will celebrate its second anniversary of launching commercial flights. Akasa Air is one of the fastest-growing low-cost carriers in the world. It launched its first flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad (AMD) on August 7, 2022, and since then have grown to 27 destinations.

As of July 2024, the airline serves 22 destinations in India and four International cities. Here’s the list of Akasa’s destinations.

Domestic Destinations of Akasa Air: Agartala, Ahmedabad, Ayodhya, Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gorakhpur, Goa, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Prayagraj, Port Blair, Pune, Srinagar, and Varanasi.

International Destinations of Akasa Air: Abu Dhabi, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait (Announced) and Riyadh.

Flight Details

Akasa Air will operate daily flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), Mumbai to Kuwait International Airport (KWI) and back. Here’s the flight schedule:

• Flight QP571 will depart from BOM at 7:50 PM and arrive in KWI at 10:00 PM four hours and 40 minutes later.
• Subsequently, the Return flight QP572 will depart from KWI at 11:00 PM and arrive in BOM at 5:35 AM+1.

Note: All times mentioned above are local and +1 denotes the overnight flight.

All these flights will be operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline will deploy its all-economy seating aircraft which has 189 seats that can recline 3 inches and has a 29-30″ seat pitch.

Competition from 4 Carriers

Well, we don’t have the exact data on seats deployed on the BOM-KWI route but we have details on airlines that serve this sector.

Currently, two Indian and two Kuwait-based carriers serve this route. They are Air India Express (IX), IndiGo (6E), Jazeera Airways (J9), and Kuwait Airways (KU).

Out of this, Air India Express and Kuwait Airways operate daily flights respectively. While IndiGo and Jazzera operate 3X weekly flights. The route is mainly served by A320s and 737s but Kuwait Airways sometimes deploys Boeing 777 on its second daily flight.

Well, Akasa Air’s daily flight will complement the IX and KU daily flights. But Air India Express provides the most budget-friendly fare but Akasa Air flight comes second and third in terms of one-way flight.

Akasa Air is expected to face strong competition but it can pull this off as it operates new planes and provides better service than its competitors.

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