Dubai: Air Kerala, the new Indian airline, has confirmed aviation veteran Harish Kutty as its first Chief Executive Officer to lead the launch.

Kutty, who previously worked as Director of Revenue and Network Planning at Oman’s SalamAir, has over 35 years of experience in the aviation sector.

Last month, new low-cost airline owned by Zettfly Aviation, announced that it received the initial No-objection Certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Ministry of India.  

According to the company, Air Kerala will plan to start Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India before venturing outside of the country including GCC.