New Delhi, February 14 Akasa Air is focused on building redundancies and fiscal discipline, and is not "opportunistic", said the airline's CEO, Vinay Dube, on Saturday.
Dube said that one of the key factors driving Akasa Air is the ability to manage its aircraft fleet with discipline.
"We are not opportunistic by saying, let us use dry leases or wet leases to fill in the high months (of traffic demand). We are not opportunistic in saying, let us send off or park these aircraft during periods of low demand."
"So, I think, planning and fiscal discipline are key," he said.
Akasa Air will soon have 33 planes and another aircraft joining its fleet. The airline started operations in August 2022.
Speaking at the ET Now Global Business Summit 2026, Dube emphasised that building redundancies is core to the airline, whether it is redundancy of capital or redundancy of people.
"As an example, our ability to respond to new pilot FTDL rules allowed us to create and deliver a network free of cancellations this winter," he said.
The revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms came into force in November last year.
IndiGo had faced issues in the implementation of the new rules, which also resulted in flight disruptions in early December 2025.