Akasa Air to start Bengaluru-Pune flights from Nov 23
Mumbai, Nov 2: Akasa Air will start flights from Bengaluru to Pune from November 23, making the city the ninth destination in the new airline's network.
The carrier, which started operations on August 7, expects to cross some 58 daily flights and 400 weekly flights by the end of November, a release said on Wednesday.
Owing to rising demand, the airline said the connectivity between Bengaluru and Mumbai will be increased with a sixth and seventh frequency from November 23, taking the total number of daily services in the route to seven.
After launching the services between Bengaluru and Pune on November 23, Akasa Air will start a second frequency in the route from November 26.
Akasa will now offer 20 daily flights from Bengaluru connecting seven cities -- Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Guwahati, and Pune, the release said.
Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Akasa Air, said that connecting two of the most important IT hubs -- Pune and Bengaluru -- will offer enhanced connectivity and options along with affordable fares.
Akasa Air has been progressively scaling up its operations with a total of 13 routes across 9 cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala and Pune.
The airline operated its first flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad on August 7.
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Days after joining Cong, Bajrang Punia receives threat message; police launch probe
Chandigarh, Sep 8: Olympic wrestler Bajrang Punia, who joined the Congress, has received a threat message over WhatsApp warning him with dire consequences, police said on Sunday.
Punia has filed a complaint at Bahalgarh police station in Sonipat.
A police official said they received a complaint from Punia after which they launched an investigation.
When asked that some reports say that in the threat message Punia was asked to quit Congress or be prepared to face dire consequences, Bahalgarh police station SHO Madan Singh said over the phone, "The matter is under investigation..."
Olympians Punia and Vinesh Phogat entered the political arena on Friday by joining the Congress.
The party later fielded Phogat from Julana seat for the Haryana Assembly polls while Punia was appointed as working chairman of All India Kisan Congress.
Punia won bronze in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Polling for 90 seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the votes counted on October 8.
