More than six months after applying for Air Operator
Permit (AOP) from the DGCA, Tata-Singapore Airlines promoted full-service
carrier Vistara is yet to hit the skies.
The airline had planned to launch services by September
but even if it gets the permit in the days to come, the airline will take at
least a month to launch, industry sources said.
The to-be-launched full service carrier, in which
Tata Sons holds 51 per cent stake and Singapore Airlines the remaining 49
percent, is also going slow on inducting aircraft due to the delay in flying
permit.
Once it launches, Vistara will be the third full
service carrier after state-run Air India and Jet Airways. Vistara plans to
operate 87 flights in the first year, with five leased Airbus A320s, and then
scale it up to 301 flights by the fourth year.
Vistara will operate from its base in Delhi and
connect Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Jammu and
Patna in the first year.
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