Namaste everyone 🙏
Welcome to my another Flight Report and this time its with India's newest (LCC) Akasa Air that operates an all 737 MAX 8 fleet.This particular flight is of 2023 when Akasa had just commenced its operations at my homebase (LKO) and this was their second flight the other being to (BLR).
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https://youtu.be/SE9kWV2DEDA?si=1CBT6bDfD6aBupGW
As I mentioned this particular flight is of 2023 and at that time my homebase's new Terminal 3 was under construction so at that time the domestic flights operated from Terminal 2 and international flights from Terminal 1 which was the oldest and the only terminal building that was ever used since my home airport's operations began back in 1986.
This flight was operated with a Boeing 737 MAX 8 Reg.[VT-YAS] and the scheduled duration of this flight is just about 2 hours.
The cabin was conspicuously clean and new, the seat pocket contained basic seat pocket contents like a Magazine,Safety Instructions card and a menu card called "Café Akasa" with a wide variety of options to choose from for onboard sales.
Seats are very comfortable on this MAX and for some reason I've always enjoyed more spacious seats on 737 fleet but then Its been only on good airlines as I haven't tried Spicejet's 737s fleet in recent years lol.
Shortly after taking off from RWY 27 of my homebase we turned left heading towards AMD as we climbed to our cruising altitude of 38,000 FT.The cabin crew began their inflight services as we ascended to cruise and just like a normal practice in all airlines they served those with pre-booked meals first before going ahead with the buy on board sales.
I had ordered Mini "Idlis" which is a southern Indian cuisine made up of rice and lentil batter taken with a chutney or vegie stew called sambar. Now usually idlis are served hot but in this case it was all packed in a box with ready to eat mix so the crew poured in some hot water and instructed me to wait for 10 minutes before consuming it.
Just like IndiGo, Akasa also serve meals with complimentary options of beverages with choices of an Aerated drink or Fruit juice and I selected a bottled smoothie.On this particular flight the crew also handed out a promotional Complimentary Yogurt Smoothie bottles to all passengers and they were kind enough to give me multiple bottles when I requested for 'em.
After the meal service the cabin lights were dimmed as we cruised enroute AMD and about 20 minutes prior to landing they came back on as the crew prepared for landing.
We landed on time at AMD and it was a wonderful experience flying with India's newest Budget Airline.
I hope you all enjoyed this flight report, Thank you for flying with me.
