Akasa launches Mumbai–Hanoi flights
Budget carrier Akasa Air will add Mumbai–Hanoi service four times weekly—Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—with outbound QP 0625 leaving at 05:35 and arriving 12:00, and return QP 0626 at 13:30 arriving 17:10 (cnbctv18.com). The airline’s pivot toward Southeast Asia, noted in industry commentary, reflects route adjustments tied to wider geopolitical shifts (nomadlawyer.org).
Akasa Air will start nonstop Mumbai-Hanoi flights on September 4, adding Vietnam’s capital as the carrier’s seventh international destination. (akasaair.com) The airline said it will fly the route four times a week, on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Flight QP 0625 leaves Mumbai at 05:35 and lands in Hanoi at 12:00, while QP 0626 departs Hanoi at 13:30 and reaches Mumbai at 17:10. (akasaair.com) Akasa announced the route on April 15, and Indian media reports said the service makes it the only Indian carrier flying nonstop between Mumbai and Hanoi. The launch comes less than four years after Akasa began operations in August 2022. (akasaair.com) (freepressjournal.in) The new flight extends a Southeast Asia push that already includes Phuket in Thailand. Skift reported that Akasa’s international expansion has shifted toward shorter Asian routes as Gulf growth plans were disrupted by the Iran war and related airspace risks. (wego.com) (skift.com) That change has been visible across Akasa’s network in April 2026. Wego reported that Jeddah was its only active Gulf route, while Doha, Riyadh, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi remained suspended because of the United States-Iran conflict. (wego.com) Akasa has also been adding aircraft to support new routes. The airline said in late March that its fleet had reached 37 planes after taking delivery of two more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and travel trade media said it still has 189 aircraft in the delivery pipeline from its 226-plane order. (cnbctv18.com) (travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com) Vietnam has become a bigger target for Indian airlines as outbound leisure demand has shifted toward short-haul international trips. Akasa said Hanoi offers a mix of heritage, food and access to northern Vietnam, and the carrier framed the route as part of stronger India-Vietnam travel demand. (akasaair.com) (economictimes.indiatimes.com) For Akasa, the Hanoi launch adds one more international city without relying on the West Asia corridors that have become harder to serve in 2026. For travelers in Mumbai, it also turns a connecting trip into a nonstop one four days a week. (skift.com) (akasaair.com)
