Akasa Air appoints former Dish TV IT head Abhishek Gupta as CIO

Akasa Air has named Abhishek Gupta chief information officer. Gupta joins from Dish TV and brings experience in IT modernisation, cloud adoption, AI deployment and digital transformation.

— Source publishedTue, 22 Sept, 2026, 10:06 IST·First seen Tue, 22 Sept, 2026, 10:13 IST·Source ET Small Business

What happened

Akasa Air appointed former Dish TV corporate IT head Abhishek Gupta as chief information officer, adding an executive with experience in IT modernisation, cloud

Key facts

  • more than two decades
  • 2015
  • 2019
  • nearly three years

Why this matters

Akasa Air’s focus on cloud, AI and IT modernisation may create partnership or acquisition opportunities across aviation software, data platforms, cybersecurity and customer-experience technology.

What to watch

  • New senior hires in digital, data, AI, cybersecurity or enterprise technology roles.
  • Akasa announcements on app upgrades, self-service features, loyalty products or direct-booking initiatives.
  • Cloud, AI or aviation-software vendor partnership disclosures.
  • Evidence of improved digital ancillary revenue, customer-service automation or operational punctuality metrics.
  • Any technology outage, data-security incident or regulatory scrutiny that shifts investment toward resilience and compliance.
  • Review of cloud architecture, cybersecurity controls and airline-critical application resilience.
  • Hiring of data, cloud, enterprise architecture and information-security leaders under the new CIO.
  • Greater investment in direct digital channels, customer self-service and loyalty-linked personalization.
  • Pilot deployments of AI for customer support, operational analytics, pricing or maintenance workflows.
  • Technology vendor partnerships or upgrades involving passenger service, revenue management, operations-control or data-platform systems.

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