New Delhi: Full service JV Vistara will induct Boeing 737s -- that once used to fly for Jet Airways -- in its fleet by the end of this month. Low cost SpiceJet has about 20 ex-Jet B737s and plans to double this number. The Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) JV on Friday said it has leased four B737-800 NG aircraft that will be delivered this month and two Airbus A320neo which it will get in the second half of the year. Additionally, six more ex-Jet B737s will also be leased by Vistara taking the total number to 10.
Low cost carrier SpiceJet currently operates 19 ex-Jet B737s and plans to take 40 to 50 the now-grounded airline’s planes.
Jet had a two class cabin, economy and business, while Vistara has three classes -- business, premium economy and economy. It has employed almost 500 ex-employees of Jet, including pilots, cabin crew, engineers and other staff.
Vistara CEO Leslie Thng said: “Our focus on serving the domestic market has remained unwavered even as we prepare to become an international airline. These leased aircraft will be deployed to meet the sudden drop in capacity in the market and to aid convenience of travellers.”
“Our decision to induct a different aircraft type in our fleet is a carefully evaluated one, which is both, economically and commercially viable, and will eventually help us take the Vistara experience wider and deeper across markets in India,” Thng added.
At the moment, Vistara has a fleet of 22 Airbus A320 aircraft. Last year it had placed an order for a combination of purchased and leased 50 Airbus A320neo family (including the A321neo) for domestic, short and medium-haul international operations. These single aisles are to be delivered between 2019 and 2023.
It has also purchased six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that will be delivered between 2020 and 2021, and will be used for long-haul international operations. The first Dreamliner will join the fleet by next January. After Air India was unable to take on Jet’s five Boeing 777 aircraft due to severe financial crunch, Vistara was the only other Indian carrier that could have inducted them in it fleet to prepone launch of medium to long haul foreign routes. However, Vistara has not done that so far.
24/05/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Low cost carrier SpiceJet currently operates 19 ex-Jet B737s and plans to take 40 to 50 the now-grounded airline’s planes.
Jet had a two class cabin, economy and business, while Vistara has three classes -- business, premium economy and economy. It has employed almost 500 ex-employees of Jet, including pilots, cabin crew, engineers and other staff.
Vistara CEO Leslie Thng said: “Our focus on serving the domestic market has remained unwavered even as we prepare to become an international airline. These leased aircraft will be deployed to meet the sudden drop in capacity in the market and to aid convenience of travellers.”
“Our decision to induct a different aircraft type in our fleet is a carefully evaluated one, which is both, economically and commercially viable, and will eventually help us take the Vistara experience wider and deeper across markets in India,” Thng added.
At the moment, Vistara has a fleet of 22 Airbus A320 aircraft. Last year it had placed an order for a combination of purchased and leased 50 Airbus A320neo family (including the A321neo) for domestic, short and medium-haul international operations. These single aisles are to be delivered between 2019 and 2023.
It has also purchased six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that will be delivered between 2020 and 2021, and will be used for long-haul international operations. The first Dreamliner will join the fleet by next January. After Air India was unable to take on Jet’s five Boeing 777 aircraft due to severe financial crunch, Vistara was the only other Indian carrier that could have inducted them in it fleet to prepone launch of medium to long haul foreign routes. However, Vistara has not done that so far.
24/05/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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