After almost six decades, Vistara, a full-service joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, took off on its maiden flight connecting Delhi to Mumbai, on 9 January.
"We must do it right, instead of making a big splash and getting into disappointment (later)," Vistara Chairman Prasad Menon told reporters.
Being a full service is not to mean lavish or over the top. It means serving different customers' needs differently, Menon added.
The full service airline took off from Delhi international airport at 12:51 PM, and landed in Mumbai at 02:46 PM.
The airline plans to operate five Airbus 320s initially and would scale up as the business climate improves. The full-service airline plans to operate 87 flights with five aircraft in the first year, to be scaled up to 301 flights by the fourth year.
It's a homecoming for the Tatas in aviation and the dawn of a new era.
Ratan Naval Tata, erstwhile chairman and successor to JRD Tata said reentry into aviation industry has been a long-cherished dream of the Tatas to establish a world class airline in India. He dedicated the day to his predecessor JRD Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group and the father of Indian aviation.
09/01/15 Kuganandhan Paramanandan/International Business Times
"We must do it right, instead of making a big splash and getting into disappointment (later)," Vistara Chairman Prasad Menon told reporters.
Being a full service is not to mean lavish or over the top. It means serving different customers' needs differently, Menon added.
The full service airline took off from Delhi international airport at 12:51 PM, and landed in Mumbai at 02:46 PM.
The airline plans to operate five Airbus 320s initially and would scale up as the business climate improves. The full-service airline plans to operate 87 flights with five aircraft in the first year, to be scaled up to 301 flights by the fourth year.
It's a homecoming for the Tatas in aviation and the dawn of a new era.
Ratan Naval Tata, erstwhile chairman and successor to JRD Tata said reentry into aviation industry has been a long-cherished dream of the Tatas to establish a world class airline in India. He dedicated the day to his predecessor JRD Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group and the father of Indian aviation.
09/01/15 Kuganandhan Paramanandan/International Business Times
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