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The newly unified Air India-Vistara entity took off for the first time from Doha to Mumbai in the last evening on Monday.
Vistara’s staff bid an emotional farewell to the last Vistara flight on Monday, marking the end of an era as the airline has been merged into Air India.
Vistara’s ground staff and crew members at Odisha’s Biju Patnaik International Airport bid an emotional farewell to the last Vistara flight on Monday, marking the end of an era as the airline has been merged into Air India. This Delhi-bound flight represented Vistara’s final standalone service before its integration with Air India.
Meanwhile, the newly unified Air India-Vistara entity took off for the first time from Doha to Mumbai in the last evening on Monday. The flight, operating under the code “AI2286″, departed from Doha around 10:07 pm local time and arrived in Mumbai early Tuesday morning. This journey also holds the distinction of being the merged entity’s first international flight.
Vistara on Monday operated its last-ever domestic flight at 10:50 pm IST from Mumbai to Delhi (flight number UK986) and its last international flight at 11:45 pm from Delhi to Singapore (UK115). The full-service carrier provided special desserts to all passengers flying today and making a special announcement informing about Vistara’s closure on November 11.
From Tuesday, November 12, all Vistara aircraft will be operated by Air India with a special code ‘AI 2’ as Vistara has been merged with Air India as part of the Tata group’s efforts to consolidate all its aviation businesses under one brand — Air India.
