India, Feb. 24 -- Akasa Air became the first airline to operate from the newly inaugurated terminal at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) in Guwahati on February 22, 2026. The airline's inaugural flight departed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, at 13:40 hrs and landed in Guwahati at 16:45 hrs. The return flight from Guwhati departed at 17:20 hrs and reached Mumbai at 21:10 hrs.

The occasion was marked by a lighting ceremony attended by Bhavin Joshi, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President - Strategy at Akasa Air, senior airport officials, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Jeet Adani, Director of Adani Airport Holdings Limited. The event also included a cake-cutting ceremony and the...