Comments
Vistara is seeing improved realisation and margins in the Indian market, Phee Teik Yeoh, the airline’s CEO, said here on Thursday.
He said the airline reorganised seats in April among its three classes and reduced prices.
“In the economy class, our occupancy is akin to the domestic industry average. In the business and economy-business classes the load factor has also seen growth,” he explained.
The airline would add two more A320s to its current fleet of 11. By 2018, he said, the fleet size would go up to 20. Yeoh said once the restrictions on foreign flights go, Vistara will start acquiring wider-body jets. For the time being, Vistara has arrangements with 12 international flyers for shifting passengers.
From next week, the airline will provide additional services, including outbound custom clearances, issuance of boarding passes and luggage handling, to its passengers to foreign destinations.
Vistara will launch twice-a-day flight of a 158-seat A320 between Kolkata and New Delhi from Friday. For the 17-month-old Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture, Kolkata will be the 17{+t}{+h} destination.
According to Sanjiv Kapoor, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer, Vistara is unlikely to connect Chennai this year and might fly into the southern metro sometime next year.
Comments
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.