Air India deploys Vistara A320s on key metro routes
Air India has announced a fleet reshuffle for its domestic metro-to-metro routes following the integration of Vistara.
Starting December 1, 2024, flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad will exclusively…
November 27, 2024
Air India has announced a fleet reshuffle for its domestic metro-to-metro routes following the integration of Vistara.
Starting December 1, 2024, flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad will exclusively use A320neo aircraft from the former Vistara fleet, offering a choice of Business, Premium Economy, and Economy cabins.
With over 1,000 weekly flights across these five key routes, Air India is optimising schedules to extract the most commercial value from the more premium Vistara product.
Air India will continue to operate one widebody flight each between Delhi and Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad using its Boeing 777 or Airbus A350 aircraft, which will have ‘AI’-prefixed three-digit flight numbers.
Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer and managing director, Air India, said: “The merger of Vistara into Air India has unlocked many new opportunities to improve our customer offering. By combining the strengths of both full-service carriers, we are able to consolidate our best narrowbody offering on routes where there is desire for a high-frequency, full-service product.
“We will progressively expand the coverage to more routes as Air India inducts new aircraft and completes the retrofit of our legacy narrowbody fleet during 2025.”
