Monday 22 December 2014

Vistara Inks Inter Line Deal with Singapore Airlines, SilkAir

New player in the India aviation scenario, Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Sons Ltd and Singapore Airlines Ltd, has signed inter-line agreements with Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.

In a statement, Vistara said is working on inter-line sales agreements and other partnerships with a few major international airlines. An inter-line agreement refers to a pact to issue and accept tickets for flights that are operated by the partner airlines.

When selling an inter-line ticket, the operating airline’s own flight numbers are used. On the contrary, in the case of code-share agreement, another form of business alliance, refers to a pact of marketing and selling the flights of another airline as it they were the airline’s own flights.

A code-share agreement always consist of two partner airlines—the operating airline and one marketing airline that places its own flight number on the partner’s operated flights. Vistara will start operations on 9 January with Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Ahmedabad and Ahmedabad-Mumbai as its initial routes.

Vistara also unveiled its tagline—Fly the new Feeling— encouraging its potential customers to explore the product and feel the difference. Vistara’s 148-seater Airbus A320-200 will offer three cabin classes—business (16 seats), premium economy (36 seats), and economy (96 seats).


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