India needs more competition in aviation, says Akasa Air CEO

NEW DELHI: (Aug 5) Akasa Air will be supportive of a proposal to allow airport operators to own airlines as the government will take into account the “considerations” involved before taking a decision since India needs more competition in aviation, according to its CEO Vinay Dube.

The remarks from the founder and CEO of the nearly four-year-old Akasa Air comes against the backdrop of reports that the government is looking at allowing airport operators to own airlines.

In an interview to Wednesday, Dube said he was very confident that the government will take into account considerations involved when a private enterprise owns both an airport and an airline.