Akasa Air Fans Out Across India for Community and Green Action
In mid-December, as year-end travel peaked across India’s airports, a quieter movement was unfolding beyond the terminals. More than 300 employees of Akasa Air stepped into neighbourhoods, schools, shelters and public spaces across 23 cities, taking part in a coordinated week of community service and environmental action under the airline’s ESG platform, #AkasaForGood. They carried out tree plantations, cleanliness drives and social outreach signalling a growing push for employee-led ESG action in Indian aviation. The initiative took place from 15 to 21 December 2025.
While modest in scale compared to large corporate sustainability programmes, the effort stands out for its decentralised, employee-led approach which is an emerging model in corporate environmental and social responsibility. Across participating stations, teams partnered with local organisations and civic stakeholders to identify pressing community needs. Cleanliness drives were aligned with the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, while plantation activities added more than 100 trees and saplings to urban and peri-urban spaces. In parallel, Akasa volunteers worked with schools, shelters and old-age homes, distributing essentials such as blankets, food, water and learning materials.
According to the Airline, volunteers directly engaged with over 150 children and more than 100 elderly individuals during the week. For many stations, the focus was less on one-off donations and more on hands-on participation—teaching, mentoring and spending time with beneficiaries.
The programme reflects a broader shift within the aviation sector, where environmental and social initiatives are increasingly being embedded into workplace culture rather than treated as peripheral CSR activities. At Akasa Air, #AkasaForGood is positioned as a core pillar of its ESG framework, alongside responsible operations and environmental stewardship.
Industry observers note that while aviation remains a carbon-intensive sector, employee-driven initiatives like these can play a meaningful role in building accountability and awareness at the organisational level, particularly when they are sustained and locally rooted.
As Akasa Air continues to expand its domestic network, the airline says #AkasaForGood will remain an ongoing platform for employees to engage with communities they serve, reinforcing the idea that corporate responsibility extends beyond the runway and into the cities and neighbourhoods shaped by air connectivity.
For an industry often scrutinized for its environmental footprint, such efforts, though small in absolute impact, offer a reminder that climate and community action is also about participation, ownership and long-term cultural change.
