Air India Vistara, Air India Vistara Merger, Air India-Vistara Merger Deal: India's first premium airline Vistara on Monday flew for the last time. From November 12, 2024, Vistara will merge with Air India. In 2013, Tata Group re-entered the aviation sector by making a joint venture with Singapore Airlines and on 9 January 2015, Vistara took its first flight between Delhi and Mumbai. With this merger, Air India will become the country's first full-service carrier and Air India's market share on international routes will more than double from 50 percent to 54 percent.
Air India already dominates with a market share of 27 percent on international routes. Indigo is currently the market leader in India's aviation sector, but Air India is strengthening itself with the merger of Vistara to challenge Indigo. After Vistara's merger with Air India, its total fleet number will increase from 144 to 214 aircraft. Air India's low-cost carrier Air India Express has 90 aircraft and the company has placed an order for 470 new aircraft with Boeing and Airbus, the delivery of which will start soon.
Air India-Visatra Merger Deal
As per reports, the Vistara-Air India merger follows a strategic move by the Tata Group to streamline their airline business. Vistara, which began as a joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, will now be part of a consolidated Air India entity, in which Singapore Airlines will retain a 25.1% stake.
Vistara, which is flying for the last time under this brand name on November 11, flies to more than 50 destinations including India and international routes.Vistara has direct flights to 12 countries. The company has 70 aircraft.
Passengers will get Vistara services
Even after the merger of Vistara with Air India, the name of Vistara Airlines will not end. The airline will continue to operate under the same name. But, its code will change. Vistara Airlines' code will be as per Air India. Vistara's flight code will have AI 2 as a prefix. Tickets of 2.5 lakh Vistara customers have been transferred to Air India. Passengers will be provided the same services provided by Vistara, including the flight cutlery menu. Air India has assured that apart from the change in Vistara's name, everything will remain the same. All products and offers will be available as before. All routes and timings will also be the same. Apart from this, the flight experience and crew will also be like Vistara.
Loyalty member programs will be merged into Maharaja Club
After the merger of Air India and Vistara, the new airline will provide its services on 90 domestic and international routes. It will also reach about 800 destinations through codeshare and interline partners. Club Vistara customers will be linked to the Air India Flying Returns program. They will be transferred to Maharaja Club.