Noida: Akasa Air has officially opened ticket bookings for Noida International Airport (NIA), announcing daily non-stop flights to Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai starting June 16. This makes it the second carrier after IndiGo to release route details from the newly developed airport.
Flight Pricing and Schedule
Flights to Bengaluru are priced from Rs 8,246, while a comparable ticket from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport to Bengaluru on the same day costs around Rs 7,000. For the Navi Mumbai route, tickets start at Rs 6,109, compared to Rs 5,499 from Delhi.
On the Bengaluru route, the inbound flight departs at 4:25 pm and lands at 7:15 pm, with the return flight departing at 7:55 pm and arriving at 11:00 pm. For Navi Mumbai, the inbound flight leaves at 7:25 am and arrives at NIA at 9:35 am, while the return flight departs at 10:15 am and lands in Navi Mumbai at 12:30 pm.
Booking and Operations
Bookings can be made through Akasa Air's official website, mobile app, and online travel agencies. Additionally, the airline plans to establish a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility within the airport premises.
IndiGo, which opened bookings last Thursday, remains the more extensive operator at launch, connecting 16 cities. The airline's first commercial touchdown at NIA is scheduled for June 15 at 8:05 am with flight 6E 2278 arriving from Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. Air India Express, the third carrier slated to operate from NIA, has yet to open bookings.
Industry Perspective
Anand Srinivasan, co-founder and chief commercial officer of Akasa Air, emphasized that NIA's modern infrastructure, multimodal connectivity, and long-term capacity potential would transform access to the National Capital Region (NCR). He stated, 'As India's aviation market expands, capacity creation at the right infrastructure nodes will be key to sustaining growth.'
