AirAsia India will begin operating flights in the country from June 12, with ticket sales starting tomorrow, the new carrier's Malaysian parent AirAsia CEO said today.AirAsia India, a joint venture between AirAsia, Tata Sons Arun Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace, was granted flying licence by aviation regulator DGCA earlier this month after 9-month- long wait and various legal hurdles.The CEO announced the launch of flights on micro blogging platform Twitter.The start-up carrier recently completed inspections, including the Airbus A-320 craft, monitored by the DGCA. These test flights went on for over 10 hours across five sectors as per the DGCA regulations.
News On AIR | May 29, 2014 6:11 PM
AirAsia India flights to begin from June 12, ticket sales from tomorrow