Akasa Air backs allowing Delhi and Mumbai airport operators to own airlines
Akasa Air supports a proposal under government examination to let airport operators own airlines, provided conflict-of-interest safeguards are in place. IndiGo opposes the change, while Adani Airport Holdings says it has no plans to launch an airline.
Akasa Air backs a proposal to let Delhi and Mumbai airport operators own airlines, subject to conflict-of-interest safeguards. IndiGo opposes the move, while Adani Airport Holdings, operator of eight Indian airports, denies plans to launch an airline.
Why this matters
Akasa Air's stance repeats two recent signals backing airport-operator airline ownership, alongside a separate report that it logged 152 of India's 352 significant technical defects through June.
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