The receding impact of Covid's third wave has buoyed full-service carrier Vistara's demand outlook
Full-service carrier Vistara, which completed seven years of its operations on January 9, said on Monday its fleet has crossed 50 aircraft with over 12 planes added in the last 21 months alone.
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Vistara's flights from Delhi to London have stopped using Afghanistan airspace as the country faces an uncertain future after Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban on Sunday. The Afghanistan airspace on Monday was declared "uncontrolled" by the Kabul airport and transit flights have been asked to avoid it. Vistara spokesperson said on Monday, "We have stopped using Afghanistan airspace and are taking an alternate route for our flights to and from London Heathrow." "We are closely working with the relevant authorities to monitor and assess the situation and taking necessary steps to ensure the safety of our passengers, staff and aircraft," the spokesperson added. Vistara is not going to reduce the number of its Delhi-London flights. The full-service carrier currently operates four weekly flights on Delhi-London-Delhi route.
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Vistara said on Monday it will start flights on the Delhi-Tokyo route from June 16 under the air bubble arrangement formed between India and Japan.
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Vistara Airlines on Sunday offered the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fly doctors and nurses representing the government organisations, free of cost, across its domestic network
Vistara on Saturday said it will start flights between Mumbai and Male from March 3 onwards under the air bubble arrangement formed between India and the Maldives
This is under the travel bubble agreement between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Sons Private Limited and Singapore Airlines (SIA).
The carrier said its first flight on Delhi-Dehradun route departed from Delhi at 1.50 pm on Monday
Vistara CEO Leslie Thng told PTI that the airline will be scaling up its existing operations to 100 daily flights by month-end from 80 at present
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The full-service carrier is scheduled to operate special thrice-weekly flights from August 28 to October 24 between the two cities, it said in a statement
Three Delhi-London flights a week likely, say sources; no clarity yet on which Indian city to Frankfurt and Paris
Now, the airline is looking to operate scheduled flights to Europe with the proposed induction of its second Boeing 787-9 aircraft next month
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The airline has urged the customers to follow the set of measures for safe-flying and remain careful, observant, distanced and empathetic, whenever they fly
It also has six Boeing Co 787-9 Dreamliner widebody planes on order, primarily for international flights, due to be delivered in 2020 and 2021