AirAsia India to increase its fleet size to 29 by December: COO, Sanjay Kumar

Sanjay Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, AirAsia has said that AirAsia India will increase its fleet size to 29 aircraft by December-end, as it aims to increase frequencies to metro cities and prune unprofitable routes in the upcoming winter schedule. The airline currently has 23 aircraft and will induct two aircraft in the next fortnight.

“We don’t want to spread too thin and operate at stations with only one flight or so. Our aim is to strengthen our network, especially in metros, and have multiple frequencies between two cities,” said Kumar.

DGCA has approved the operation of 1,345 departures every week by AirAsia India in the upcoming winter schedule between October 27 2019 and March 28, 2020. This is an increase of 326 departures every week compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

This will lead to the airline increasing the frequencies of flights on busy metro routes, including Mumbai-Pune, New Delhi-Chennai, Delhi-Bengaluru, New Delhi-Hyderabad, Guwahati-New Delhi, Guwahati-Kolkata, Guwahati-Bengaluru, and New Delhi-Srinagar.

AirAsia India operates 175 daily flights to over 20 destinations across the country, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata.