India, Nov. 3 -- Akasa

Akasa Air, backed by Azeem Premji's investment arm Premji Invest, is facing mounting operational strain due to the non-availability of cockpit crew to operate certain flights. This is despite the airline having around 800 pilots on its rolls, with as many as nine flights for at least Sunday left without available pilots, according to an internal communication reviewed by HT.

At the same time, CAT III pilot rosters have not been created from November 15 onwards and the pilots have not received the rosters so far, in violation of the DGCA norms that the cockpit crew should receive the roster 15 days in advance, people privy to the information said.

This comes amid a DGCA notice to the airline, on October 21, reveal...