New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- India's youngest low-cost carrier, Akasa Air, has ambitious plans to expand its international operations, including flights to China, but delays in supply of aircraft by Boeing are holding it back.

Owned by SNV Aviation, the airline, which began flying in August 2022, has bilateral flying rights to at least seven new international destinations, including Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Hanoi, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia and Singapore, and is eyeing other routes into China and Africa (Nairobi). Yet, with only 30 aircraft in its fleet and deliveries from Boeing running behind schedule, the carrier finds itself in a holding pattern.

"We have bilaterals. And we hope to be ready in time to deploy the aircraft and grow prof...