Friday, December 19, 2014

Vistara starts sale of tickets, flights to take off from January 9

Mumbai: Vistara, the airline joint venture between the Tatas and Singapore Airlines, started selling tickets Thursday.

The airline will start flights on January 9 on the Delhi-Mumbai route and follow it up with flights in the Delhi-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-Ahmedabad sectors.

Vistara's lowest fares—on a 30-day advance purchase—on the Delhi-Mumbai route is Rs 5,500, that on Delhi-Ahmedabad is Rs 4,900 while Mumbai-Ahmedabad is Rs 3,800, said an executive at Makemytrip.Vistara is also introducing a frequent flyer programme in which points will be earned on money spent on tickets, instead of miles travelled as is the case with most loyalty programmes, the airline said in a late night release.

Vistara's Ahmedabad flights will be launched days before the Vibrant Gujarat festival, the biennial investors' summit to be held between January 11--13.
19/12/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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