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51-Year-Old Passenger Arrested For Smoking On Vistara Flight To Mumbai

May 8, 2024 admin

A case was registered against the passenger under section 336, say officials. (Representational) Mumbai: A 51-year-old passenger was arrested for smoking in the lavatory of a flight during his journey from Muscat to Mumbai, an official said today. The incident occurred on board Vistara’s UK234 flight, which took off from Muscat for the Maharashtra capital…

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Vistara Airlines CEO says ‘worst is behind us’; operations have stabilised

April 11, 2024 admin

File picture of Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan | Photo Credit: KAMAL NARANG After facing significant flight disruptions recently, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan on Thursday told the airline staff that the “worst is behind us” and operations have already stabilised. Pilot woes have forced the Tata Group airline to temporarily cut down capacity by 10% or…

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Vistara cancels nearly 1,000 flights in April to stabilise operations

April 7, 2024 admin

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 Scales Back Flight Ops To Reduce Pressure On Pilots

April 7, 2024 admin

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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Vistara asserts ‘over 98%’ pilots signed new contracts after sizeable number said to have rejected pay terms

April 6, 2024 admin

Vistara’s CEO Vinod Kannan on Saturday asserted that “over 98% of pilots” had signed new contracts entailing a new pay structure, which has been cited by industry sources as a key issue that had led to a spate of recent flight cancellations and delays at the full service airline that is set to merge with…

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Vistara Expects To Resume Normal Operations By Weekend: Sources

April 3, 2024 admin

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 Cuts Flights To Deal With Pilot Shortage, Offers Refund To Passengers

April 1, 2024 admin

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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Vistara Cites Operational Reasons For Flight Delays, Cancellations Over Last Few Days

April 1, 2024 admin

Vistara, co-owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has been hit with a number of flight delays and cancellations over the last few days, the airline said on Monday. The airline said its teams are working to stabilise the situation. “We confirm that we have had a number of flight cancellations and unavoidable delays in…

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Vistara to add more capacity from Mumbai ahead of merger with Air India

July 18, 2023 admin

By the end of December 2023, Mumbai would have an equal number of domestic departures as Delhi which currently has 78 daily domestic departures. File Notwithstanding the uncertainty over the brand name continuing after its merger with Air India by April 2024, Vistara, the joint venture of Tata Sons & Singapore Airlines (SIA), continues to scale…

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