Vistara's first flight should take to the skies sometime this October and bookings start in the first week of next month. The airline, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, will mark the return of the Tatas to aviation after a long hiatus. Though Vistara has not divulged which cities it will initially connect, it may well launch flights to Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru from Delhi next month. The first Airbus 320 aircraft is expected to arrive within the next 10 days, after which Vistara must do 'proving flights' so that aviation regulator DGCA grants it a flying permit.
A Vistara spokesperson told Firstbiz that bookings can be made by the first week of October for the first flight through select travel agents and through the Vistara website. A full schedule of the airline will be published in the next few days.
Since Vistara will be a full service airline which will offer hot meals and personalised service to harried domestic passengers, it will be interesting to see how it takes on other full service competitors like Air India and Jet Airways - specially on the country's busiest route which is the Delhi-Mumbai sector.
The airline is expected to offer two-and-a-half class configurations across its aircraft - Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class seats. Will it offer an inaugural discount? Now that other FSCs like Air India and Jet Airways have also been launching one discount scheme after another to match LCC fares, will Vistara have the leeway to price itself at a premium? Will it hardsell the forgotten concept of luxurious domestic travel to corporate bigwigs?
08/09/1 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
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A Vistara spokesperson told Firstbiz that bookings can be made by the first week of October for the first flight through select travel agents and through the Vistara website. A full schedule of the airline will be published in the next few days.
Since Vistara will be a full service airline which will offer hot meals and personalised service to harried domestic passengers, it will be interesting to see how it takes on other full service competitors like Air India and Jet Airways - specially on the country's busiest route which is the Delhi-Mumbai sector.
The airline is expected to offer two-and-a-half class configurations across its aircraft - Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class seats. Will it offer an inaugural discount? Now that other FSCs like Air India and Jet Airways have also been launching one discount scheme after another to match LCC fares, will Vistara have the leeway to price itself at a premium? Will it hardsell the forgotten concept of luxurious domestic travel to corporate bigwigs?
08/09/1 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
