Vistara Australia codeshare

INDIAN carrier Vistara has wasted no time in expanding its presence in Australia after appointing local representation

(TD 26 Aug), this month rolling out an expanded codeshare partnership with Singapore Airlines Group, including some routes to Australia and NZ.

The Walshe Group is looking after Vistara locally, with the airline’s Chief Commercial Officer, Sanjiv Kapoor, saying expanding the airline’s sales operations “will further facilitate business and leisure travel between India and Australia, a route that continues to record significant demand”.

GDS screens indicate that Vistara’s code (UK) is being applied to both Singapore Airlines & SilkAir services, including flights from Singapore to Cairns, Darwin, Auckland and Christchurch.

The expanded cooperation also covers SilkAir flights to Balikpapan, Bandung, Hyderabad, Koh Samui, Kochi, Medan, Manado, Phuket, Phomh Penh and Yogyarkarta.

However, at this stage Vistara is not codesharing on SQ flights to major Australian gateways such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Vistara flights operated by Singapore Airlines include services to Bangkok, Denpasar, Hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, Jakarta, Surabaya and Kuala Lumpur - along with a range of Indian destinations such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.

Vistara currently operates flights to 30 destinations in its own right with a fleet of 23 Airbus A320 and nine Boeing 737-800s - more info at vistara@walshegroup.com.