Mumbai/New Delhi: Vistara Airlines, Tata group's joint venture carrier with Singapore Airlines, took 148 passengers and six crew members from New Delhi to Mumbai in its maiden flight on Friday. Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry was waiting on the aerobridge to receive guests at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, after the Airbus A320 touched down and was welcomed with a water salute.
Ratan Tata, the salt-to-software conglomerate's chairman emeritus who wanted the group to make it big in the aviation sector, wasn't present at the inaugural ceremony in Delhi or to receive the flight when it landed in Mumbai. Sources cited health issues for his absence. "It's unfortunate Ratan Tata can't be here. Vistara is his dream come true," Mistry said.
From Saturday, the airline will connect Ahmedabad from Delhi and Mumbai, apart from operating on the Delhi-Mumbai sector. Vistara is the third full-service carrier in India, after Jet Airways and state-run Air India. Apart from top executives from Vistara and Singapore Airlines, those on board the Delhi-Mumbai flight included GM Rao, chairman of GMR who was greeted by GV Sanjay Reddy of rival infrastructure company and airports operator GVK. The special guests on the inaugural flight and the return journey in the evening included a group of 12 children from the Salaam Baalak Trust, a not-for-profit organisation that supports street and working children in Delhi and Mumbai.
09/01/15 Mihir Mishra & Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
Ratan Tata, the salt-to-software conglomerate's chairman emeritus who wanted the group to make it big in the aviation sector, wasn't present at the inaugural ceremony in Delhi or to receive the flight when it landed in Mumbai. Sources cited health issues for his absence. "It's unfortunate Ratan Tata can't be here. Vistara is his dream come true," Mistry said.
From Saturday, the airline will connect Ahmedabad from Delhi and Mumbai, apart from operating on the Delhi-Mumbai sector. Vistara is the third full-service carrier in India, after Jet Airways and state-run Air India. Apart from top executives from Vistara and Singapore Airlines, those on board the Delhi-Mumbai flight included GM Rao, chairman of GMR who was greeted by GV Sanjay Reddy of rival infrastructure company and airports operator GVK. The special guests on the inaugural flight and the return journey in the evening included a group of 12 children from the Salaam Baalak Trust, a not-for-profit organisation that supports street and working children in Delhi and Mumbai.
09/01/15 Mihir Mishra & Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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