Spreading wings: Vistara plans international flight with expanded fleet

Hopes to capture travellers bound for Europe who want direct flights

Vistara is looking aggressively beyond the pandemic and planning to deploy 30-40 per cent of its available seat kilometres (ASK) on international routes within the next three years.

The airline, a joint venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines, faced a jolt when Covid-19 forced the suspension of all scheduled international flights. While only some flights have re-started under the government ‘air bubble’ agreements, the airline has nevertheless decided to take delivery of all the additional planes that it has ordered in recent years.  

Six Dreamliners are coming early next year. Fourteen other new planes have been ordered. By 2023, Vistara’s hangars will