One More New Airlines...No Space For Bhubaneswar ========================================== [No Jet Airways,Spice Jet,Go Air,Air Costa,Air Asia & Vistara for Bhubaneswar] Tatas unveil ‘luxury airline’ Vistara, target October take-off. The Tata-Singapore Airlines combine on Monday unveiled Vistara, its much-awaited joint-venture full service carrier, and said the new luxury airline should fly by October, in time for Diwali. While Vistara (which means limitless expanse) will, as per rules, begin as a domestic airline, it is eyeing expanding beyond Indias border soon. We look forward to the repeal of the 5/20 rule (which says an Indian carrier must be in service for five years and have a fleet of 20 aircraft before flying overseas), TSAL CEO Phee Teik Yeoh said at the unveiling of the airlines branding, livery and crew uniform on Monday. He said the airline — which promises to redefine travel — was in the last lap of its licensing process with the aviation regulator. As of now, the Delhi-based airline plans to have five Airbus A-320s by the end of this year and a fleet of 20 planes in five years. The first aircraft will arrive next month. From 2016 to 2020, the carrier will get the seven A-320 new engine option aircraft which are more fuel efficient. The cabin crew uniform has been designed by fashion house Abraham & Thakore and will see the air-hostesses wear smart kurtis and pants. The sari will only been be seen on Air India air-hostesses. Vistara promises to have unprecedented luxury on board, in terms of comfort and passenger handling with Phee Teik saying the airlines philosophy would be athithi devo bhav. He added that a survey done by TSAL showed Indian air travelers were made to feel a cog in the wheel or just a seat number and that Vistara will change this by offering personalized services.The airline will connect its hub in Delhi to almost all important Indian cities, including the metros, within four years of launch. The cities on its network will include Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Srinagar, Jammu, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Kochi. It does not expect to compete with the Tata-AirAsia low-cost JV as the two airlines will operate in different spaces. In the first year, Tata-SIA will have 87 weekly flights from Delhi to nine cities, including Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Srinagar and Patna. The weekly flights are projected to rise to over 300 in the fourth year, and the number of destination cities in India will grow every year in a phased manner.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:09:29 +0000
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