MUMBAI: Low-cost carrier Air Asia India has decided to go slow with its fleet expansion due to lack of clarity on international flying rules and has also deferred its one-plane-per-month fleet expansion plan, ending the year with 7-10 planes from the present five.
“We slowed down in adding one plane a month plan. I took the call of watching and waiting,” airline’s chief executive Mittu Chandilya told PTI, and blamed the decision to the lack of clarity on overseas flying rights for new airlines.
“Now we have five planes. … By December, we should end up anywhere between seven and 10 planes,” he said, adding the number of routes it operates will grow to 15 from the present nine.
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