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The exodus has set off operational and cultural challenges at the fledgling airline and handed founder Vinay Dube his first big test.

Vinay Dube understands the unpredictability of the aviation business. But for all his experience of more than three decades, the Akasa Air founder would have still been flummoxed by the turn of events.
Akasa had just celebrated its first anniversary on 7 August. There were good reasons for Dube to be happy about the year gone by. We have previously written about the airline’s promising start. Besides, news had just come in that the airline had beaten SpiceJet for the second consecutive month in market share. Celebrations done, Dube and his team were gearing up for the crucial festival …
As the low-cost carrier pushes through a compensation overhaul, the absence of a CEO is complicating a delicate moment.
A churn in venture capital collides with the fear of missing the AI wave, while the Ajay Singh-led airline’s recurring crises raise deeper questions.
The two new chief executives at Air India and IndiGo come with contrasting reputations but face the same challenge—do their predecessors one better.