Vistara expansion plans

Vistara, the full-service joint-venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines which had commenced air services in January 2015 has completed induction of Airbus A320ceo aircraft in its fleet, with the arrival of the 13th and the last such aircraft from Toulouse during October 2016.

The airline is planning major expansion both of its domestic series and launching international routes, for which it projects a requirement of 100 single-aisle aircraft and 40 widebodied types. The airline will begin formal evaluation in the course of 2017 and it is expected that various Airbus models are to be evaluated including the A350, as also Boeing’s Dreamliner.