'Akasa Airline' receives approval from the aviation ministry

• The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that it had issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the operation of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's new airline, 'Akasa Air,' in India.
• "Akasa Air will serve all Indians with warmth, inclusiveness, and respect, regardless of their socioeconomic or cultural backgrounds."
• Among other things, the airline will need an Air Operator Permit for scheduled air transport service from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation before it can begin flights in India.
• The airline intends to begin domestic flights in the summer of 2022.

Important Facts 

About The Ministry of Civil Aviation

• The Government of India's Ministry of Civil Aviation is the nodal ministry in charge of formulating national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation, as well as creating and implementing schemes for the orderly growth and extension of civil air transport.
• Minister of state for Civil Aviation: Jyotiraditya Scindia