Pets will soon be allowed to fly with Akasa Air, a newly launched carrier. Booking for the same will start on October 15, with the first available Akasa Air flight with pets allowed onboard taking departure on November 1. While Air India, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, and Vistara already allow pets on board, IndiGo and Air Asia do not, unless the animal is a service animal such as a guide dog for a blind person.

Akasa has previously stated that it is aggressively scaling up operations and will cross 250 flights per week by October 10, 2022, covering nine routes. The airline, in a statement, said it is adding Delhi as its sixth destination, connecting Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, starting October 7, with the induction of the fifth aircraft in the fleet. Besides, it will also commence an additional daily flight on the Ahmedabad-Bengaluru route from October 7.

Akasa Air's fleet size will be 18 aircraft by the end of March 2023 and over the next four years, the airline will add 54 additional aircraft, taking its total fleet size to 72 aircraft, it stated.

The airline, backed by late stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala along with aviation industry veteran Vinay Dube, launched its operations on August 7 with a flight to Ahmedabad from the financial capital. Since then, it has expanded the route network to Chennai, Kochi, and Bengaluru.