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A Vistara Airbus A320 passenger aircraft. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Vistara has cancelled nearly 1,000 flights for the month of April in order to ensure stability in its operations, which saw a massive disruption last week over hectic rosters for pilots and unrest from a section of cockpit crew over pay cuts. “We are…
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Vistara on Sunday said it is scaling back its operations by 25-30 flights per day to ease the pressure on pilots, underlining that the airline, hit by delays, has improved its on-time performance over the last few days. The announcement comes a day after the crisis-hit airline’s CEO said that 98% of its pilots have…
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Mr Kannan said more pilots are being hired. New Delhi: Crisis-hit Vistara has said it hopes to stabilise its operations by this weekend, insisting that 98% of its pilots have signed the new contracts with the revised salary structure which had led to several of them calling in sick and causing flight cancellations. The airline’s…
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Vistara sources said only 24 flights were cancelled Wednesday compared to the 52 a day before New Delhi: Hours after Vistara hinted at a probable end to its crisis, saying the flight schedules are expected to normalise over the weekend, pilots have pointed to fatigue issues which could have direct safety ramifications. “Pilots are flying…
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Vistara began flight ops in January 2015 (File). New Delhi: Vistara expects to resume normal flight ops by the weekend, company sources told NDTV Wednesday evening, hours after CEO Vinod Kannan and senior members of his management team held a virtual town hall with striking pilots. Company sources said the pilots had been promised a…
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Vistara said on Monday it was forced to cut a number of flights as it was dealing with a shortage of pilots and crew. “We have had a significant number of flight cancellations and delays in the past few days due to various reasons including crew unavailability,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. Vistara,…
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