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Vistara runs its first Dreamliner commercial flight from Delhi to Kolkata

The airline said its flight UK705, operated using Dreamliner plane, departed from Delhi at 7.05 am on Thursday and arrived at Kolkata at 8.55 am

Vistara's first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Photo: @Boeing_In
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Vistara's first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Photo: @Boeing_In

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
Vistara said its first 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, which was delivered to it by Boeing in February this year, operated its maiden commercial flight from Delhi to Kolkata on Thursday morning.

While domestic passenger flights resumed across India from Monday, they restarted in Andhra Pradesh from Tuesday and in West Bengal from Thursday, news agency PTI reported.

In a press release, Vistara's Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan said, "We are seeing a reasonable demand on some of the routes and are happy to add more flights to fly people home and help them reunite with their loved ones. This also enabled