Goodbye Vistara! will merge with Air India!
The country's first premium airline Vistara is flying for the last time on monday 11 november 2024. Vistara will merge with air india on tuesday 12 November. In the year 2013, Tata Group re-entered the aviation sector by making a joint venture with singapore airlines and on 9 january 2015, Vistara took its first flight between delhi and Mumbai.
Merger to challenge Indigo!
With this merger, air india will become the country's first full service carrier and air India's market share on international routes will more than double from 50 percent to 54 percent. air india already dominates with a market share of 27 percent on international routes. indigo is currently the market leader of India's aviation sector, but air india is strengthening itself with the merger of Vistara to challenge Indigo. After the merger of Vistara with air india, its total fleet will increase from 144 to 214 aircrafts. air India's low cost carrier air india Express has 90 aircrafts and the company has ordered 470 new aircrafts from Boeing and Airbus, the delivery of which will start soon.
6.5 crore passengers have flown in Vistara
Vistara, which is flying for the last time on november 11 under the brand name, flies to more than 50 destinations including india and international routes, in which Vistara has direct flights to 12 countries. The company has 70 aircrafts. Since 2015, more than 6.5 crore air passengers have flown in Vistara.
Passengers will get Vistara services
Even after the merger of Vistara with air india, the name of Vistara airline will not end. The airline will continue to run with the same name. But, its code will change. The code of Vistara airline will be according to air India. AI 2 will be used as a prefix in Vistara's flight code. Tickets of 2.5 lakh Vistara customers have been transferred to air India. Passengers will be provided the same services provided by Vistara, including the flight cutlery menu. air india has assured that apart from the change in Vistara's name, everything will remain the same. All products and offers will be available as before. All routes and timings will also be the same. Apart from this, the flight experience and crew will also be that of Vistara.