As UK115 took to the skies on August 6, it marked the maiden foray of Vistara – the Tata-SIA joint venture — into the international markets. The flight connected its hub New Delhi with Singapore – the hub of its equity partner Singapore Airlines.
That the airline will launch flights to Singapore as its maiden destination to get traffic and feed traffic to its equity partner was predictable. However, things were not as simple as they seemed. Jet Airways kept up the pressure and added frequencies from across the country to create a mini hub at Singapore, leaving any other airline with limited seats to launch flights and wait for the amendment to Air Services Agreement.
As fate would have it, Jet Airways shut operations in April, and Vistara decided to take up the B737s which flew with Jet Airways, along with the crew and it was this very B737 which is helping them start flights to Singapore – since its current A320s would complete the mission with load penalty, unlike the High Gross Weight (HGW) Boeing B737s currently operating the flights to Singapore from New Delhi and Mumbai.
The airline had not shied away from letting the market know that it has international ambitions. Speeding up the delivery to induct the mandatory 20 aircraft earlier than planned and placing order for a mix of A321 and B787-9, were all preparations for its international foray while it awaited a formal nod from the government.
08/08/19 Ameya Joshi/CNBC TV18
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That the airline will launch flights to Singapore as its maiden destination to get traffic and feed traffic to its equity partner was predictable. However, things were not as simple as they seemed. Jet Airways kept up the pressure and added frequencies from across the country to create a mini hub at Singapore, leaving any other airline with limited seats to launch flights and wait for the amendment to Air Services Agreement.
As fate would have it, Jet Airways shut operations in April, and Vistara decided to take up the B737s which flew with Jet Airways, along with the crew and it was this very B737 which is helping them start flights to Singapore – since its current A320s would complete the mission with load penalty, unlike the High Gross Weight (HGW) Boeing B737s currently operating the flights to Singapore from New Delhi and Mumbai.
The airline had not shied away from letting the market know that it has international ambitions. Speeding up the delivery to induct the mandatory 20 aircraft earlier than planned and placing order for a mix of A321 and B787-9, were all preparations for its international foray while it awaited a formal nod from the government.
08/08/19 Ameya Joshi/CNBC TV18
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