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The legendary investor died on Sunday morning. He was 62 and was suffering from kidney ailments. According to sources, he was undergoing dialysis on a regular basis as both his kidneys had failed. He was brought to the Candy Breach Hospital at 6:45 AM and was declared dead. Jhunjhunwala teamed up with former chief executives of IndiGo and Jet Airways, Aditya Ghosh and Vinay Dube, respectively, to tap into rising long-term prospects for domestic air travel in Vinay Dube, founder and CEO of Akasa Air, said on Sunday, “We are deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jhunjhunwala’s family and friends. May his soul rest in peace. We at Akasa cannot thank Jhunjhunwala enough for being an early believer in us and putting his trust and faith in us to build a world-class airline." He added that Jhunjhunwala had an invincible spirit, was deeply passionate about everything Indian and cared greatly for the well-being of our employees and customers. “Akasa Air will honour Jhunjhunwala’s legacy, values and belief in us by striving to run a great airline." Akasa Air has started its commercial operations with two aircraft and plans to induct two 737 MAX aircraft each month to establish a pan-India presence. Its 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. Akasa Air is an airline brand under th...

Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala backed Akasa Air, India's newest airline, has revealed the first image of its Boeing 737 Max airplane parked at the Boeing production facility in the USA's Portland as it gets ready for delivery. As seen in the image, the Boeing plane is wearing the brand's Orange and Purple coloured livery, a new for the Indian market. Akasa Air, the low cost airline is expected to start its operations in July 2022 after a slight delay and placed a massive order of 72 Boeing 737 Max family of aircrafts, one of the largest orders for the Max plane globally. We decode what exactly is Akasa Air and what new does it bring to the table? Founders Akasa Air is backed by ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who is the co-founder of the newest airline and owns 40% of the company. Ex-Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube will be the CEO of Akasa Air with a 15 per cent stake. The brand is also looking to hire other industry leaders at the top spot before beginning of the operations. Quite Proud to announce our airline code - QP! — Akasa Air (@AkasaAir) Airline Code Akasa Air recently received its code from DGCA (Director General of Civil Aviation) and will be called 'QP'. Akasa Air is the newest airline in India, unlike Jet Airways that will start India operations again with 9W code. Aircraft Fleet The airline plans to operate approximately 70 planes in the next four years and has placed an order of72 Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. The deal was signed at the 2022 Dubai Air Show.The Max...

Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is planning on having 70 aircraft within four years for a new airline he wants to set up in India on optimism more people will travel by air. Jhunjhunwala, who is considering investing $35 million and would own 40% of the carrier, expects to get a no-objection certificate from India’s aviation ministry in the next 15 days, he said in a Bloomberg Television interview Wednesday. The ultra-low cost airline will be called Akasa Air and the team, which includes a former senior executive of Delta Air Lines Inc., is looking at planes that can carry 180 passengers, he said.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, popularly know as the Big Bull, had an estimated net worth of Rs 34,250 crore, according to Forbes report. Mumbai: Indian billionaire business magnate, stock trader and investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passed away at the age of 62 on Sunday morning, said media reports. The veteran investor with a Midas touch had been dubbed “India’s Warren Buffet.” Also Read: • As per Forbes’ Real-time Billionaires Index, Jhunjhunwala is ranked among the top 500 richest billionaires, having a net worth of $5.5 billion. This made him the 36th richest man in India. The portfolio of billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala surged over 56 per cent or Rs 11000 crore year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 30,680.8 crore in June quarter as of July 29, 2022. Apart from being an active investor, Jhunjhunwala was the chairman of Aptech Limited and Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and sits on the board of directors of Prime Focus Limited, Geojit Financial Services, Bilcare Limited, Praj Industries Limited, Provogue India Limited, Concord Biotech Limited, Innovasynth Technologies Limited, Mid Day Multimedia Limited, Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Viceroy Hotels Limited, and Tops Security Limited. Born to an income tax officer, Jhunjhunwala started stock trading while he was still in college. The Big Bulll’s investment journey began with a mere $100 in 1985 when the Bombay Stock Exchange Index was at just 150. He got an interest in the stock market after listening to his father...

Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-owned Akasa Air, India's newest airline will begin its flight commercial operations from tomorrow, on August 7, 2022. Akasa Air is a low cost airline and will start the flight ops on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route starting tomorrow, followed by operations in other cities including Kochi, Bengaluru and Chennai in a staggered manner. Akasa Air will deploy Boeing 737 MAX aircraft of the routes, the first unit of which it received in June this year. The airline placed an order for 73 MAX aircraft earlier at the Dubai Airshow and will receive planes over the time. The company received its final certificate called theAir Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). We decode what exactly is Akasa Air and what new does it bring to the table? Akasa Air will operate its maiden flight on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route and has started to accept bookings for the tickets. Apart from these two cities, Akasa Air will also start operations to Bengaluru and Kochi from August 13 and will operate 24 weekly flights connecting these locations. Apart from these 4 locations, Akasa Air recently announced Chennai as the fifth destination in its network and will commence daily flights between Chennai and Mumbai from September 15, 2022. In addition to this, the airline has also added a new route between Ahmedabad and Bengaluru, which will commence from August 23, 2022. Akasa Air had also announced its daily direct flights between Bengaluru and Mumba...

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During the Dubai Air show this year, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s upcoming airline venture “We believe that the new 737 MAX airplane will support our aim of running not just a cost-efficient, reliable and affordable airline, but also an environmental friendly company with the youngest and greenest fleet in the Indian skies," said Akasa Air CEO (chief executive officer) Vinay Dube, after the announcement was made on Tuesday. “India is one of the fastest-growing aviation markets in the world with an unparalleled potential. We are already witnessing a strong recovery in air travel, and we see decades of growth ahead of us," he added. India’s growing economy and expanding middle class will fuel strong demand for commercial flights, driving the need for more than 2,200 new airplanes in South Asia valued at nearly $320 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing’s 2021 Commercial Market Outlook forecast. Here are the key things to know about Akasa Air and its recent order for 72 Boeing 737 Max aircraft - Akasa Air, owned by SNV Aviation, is backed by ace stock investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. He owns 40 per cent stake of the company and is the co-founder of the airlines, along with Aditya Ghosh, former president of Indigo Airlines. Ghosh owns 10 per cent stake of Akasa Air. - Akasa Air plans to launch aviation services in the commercial sector of India by the summer of 2022 and has got a green signal from the ministry of civil aviation and the DGCA for the same. - The carrier plan...

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, popularly know as the Big Bull, had an estimated net worth of Rs 34,250 crore, according to Forbes report. Mumbai: Indian billionaire business magnate, stock trader and investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passed away at the age of 62 on Sunday morning, said media reports. The veteran investor with a Midas touch had been dubbed “India’s Warren Buffet.” Also Read: • As per Forbes’ Real-time Billionaires Index, Jhunjhunwala is ranked among the top 500 richest billionaires, having a net worth of $5.5 billion. This made him the 36th richest man in India. The portfolio of billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala surged over 56 per cent or Rs 11000 crore year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 30,680.8 crore in June quarter as of July 29, 2022. Apart from being an active investor, Jhunjhunwala was the chairman of Aptech Limited and Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and sits on the board of directors of Prime Focus Limited, Geojit Financial Services, Bilcare Limited, Praj Industries Limited, Provogue India Limited, Concord Biotech Limited, Innovasynth Technologies Limited, Mid Day Multimedia Limited, Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Viceroy Hotels Limited, and Tops Security Limited. Born to an income tax officer, Jhunjhunwala started stock trading while he was still in college. The Big Bulll’s investment journey began with a mere $100 in 1985 when the Bombay Stock Exchange Index was at just 150. He got an interest in the stock market after listening to his father...

The legendary investor died on Sunday morning. He was 62 and was suffering from kidney ailments. According to sources, he was undergoing dialysis on a regular basis as both his kidneys had failed. He was brought to the Candy Breach Hospital at 6:45 AM and was declared dead. Jhunjhunwala teamed up with former chief executives of IndiGo and Jet Airways, Aditya Ghosh and Vinay Dube, respectively, to tap into rising long-term prospects for domestic air travel in Vinay Dube, founder and CEO of Akasa Air, said on Sunday, “We are deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jhunjhunwala’s family and friends. May his soul rest in peace. We at Akasa cannot thank Jhunjhunwala enough for being an early believer in us and putting his trust and faith in us to build a world-class airline." He added that Jhunjhunwala had an invincible spirit, was deeply passionate about everything Indian and cared greatly for the well-being of our employees and customers. “Akasa Air will honour Jhunjhunwala’s legacy, values and belief in us by striving to run a great airline." Akasa Air has started its commercial operations with two aircraft and plans to induct two 737 MAX aircraft each month to establish a pan-India presence. Its 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. Akasa Air is an airline brand under th...

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