Vistara Airlines Crisis: Tata Group’s airline Vistara has been facing crisis since last week. In this case, the airline has decided to cancel 10 percent of its flights for the rest of this month due to the shortage of pilots.
Vistara Airlines Crisis: Tata Group’s airline Vistara has been facing crisis since last week. In this case, Vistara Airlines has taken a new initiative to avoid difficulties. The airline has decided to cancel 10 per cent of its flights for the rest of the month due to a shortage of pilots. This can cause problems for people planning to travel by air. Due to this, air travelers will also have to face fare hike.
Considering canceling 25-30 daily flights
At least 350 flights are operated by Vistara daily. Vistara Airlines is considering canceling 25-30 flights per day due to the current decision to cut back on flights. Vistara said the flights are being canceled due to pilot shortages and operational issues.
Plan to operate more than 300 flights during summer season
Earlier, Vistara had planned to operate more than 300 flights daily during the summer season from March 31. A spokesperson of the company said in a statement issued on Sunday that we are reducing our flight services to around 25-30 flights per day. This is 10 percent of our daily service.
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Domestic Airline Service
Vistara Airlines further said that flight cancellations will be on domestic network services only and prior information is provided to minimize inconvenience to customers. Arrangements have already been made for all affected passengers to travel on other flights, the company said.
Information given by the CEO of the company
Earlier this week, the company canceled a large number of flights due to the ill health of several pilots. On Friday, Vistara Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vinod Kannan said the Tata Group airline is working on a merger with Air India and in an effort to provide uninterrupted flight services, flight services have been temporarily reduced to ensure adequate availability of pilots. The company is hopeful that the situation will improve by May.
Vistara to merge with Air India
Vistara Airlines is a Tata Group company. It is in the process of merging with Air India, another airline of the Tata Group. In such a situation, it is believed that this is also a major reason behind the cancellation of many flights of Vistara Airlines. It is noteworthy that Vistara introduced additional flights including domestic and international flights in March while operating an average of 49 international and 273 domestic flights in February.
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