Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara will launch its operations from Friday with flight from Delhi to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The full-service airline, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, had opened its bookings on Dec 19.
With Delhi as its hub, Vistara will initially offer flights to Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the airline had said in its statement earlier.
Vistara will operate 148-seater Airbus A320-200 with 16 seats in business class, 36 in premium economy and 96 in economy.
Once it takes off, Vistara will be the third full service carrier after state-run Air India and Jet Airways.
Vistara’s technology partners — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and Amadeus — will be responsible for its customer support system and IT services.
Wipro will manage the Vistara Customer Service Centre. Tata Sons had announced forming a joint venture with Singapore Airlines in September 2013 to set up a full service airline, a year after the then Manmohan Singh government allowed investment by foreign airlines in the domestic carriers.
The airline had applied to the DGCA for the permit in April and had planned to launch services by September, which has got delayed.
With PTI inputs
