air india And the new Air India, which came into existence after the merger of Vistara, will operate its first flight from Doha to Mumbai at 12.15 pm on Tuesday night. A source gave this information. Vistara will be merged with Air India on Monday night and from Tuesday, Vistara's flight code will change from 'UK' to 'AI2XXX'. The source said that the first flight after the merger on the international route will be AI2286 from Doha to Mumbai, which will take off at 12.15 am on Tuesday.
Vistara's last flight will fly from Delhi to Singapore
The company's first scheduled flight after the merger on the domestic route will be AI2984 from Mumbai to Delhi, which will take off at 1.20 pm on Tuesday. Both are already scheduled flights of Vistara, which will be operated by Air India after the merger. Meanwhile, Vistara's last flight 'UK115' is scheduled from Delhi to Singapore, which will take off at 11.45 pm on Monday. Let us tell you that both Air India and Vistara are airline companies of Tata Group.
After the merger, Singapore Airlines will have 25.1 percent stake in Air India.
While 100 percent stake in Air India is with Tata Group, 51 percent stake in Vistara is with Tata Group and the remaining 49 percent stake is with Singapore's airline company Singapore Airlines. After the merger of Vistara with Air India, the total stake of Singapore Airlines in the company will be 25.1 percent. Let us tell you that Vistara is merging with Air India to create a full-service airline in the domestic and international aviation market.
Vistara's first flight took off from Delhi to Mumbai.
After being established on November 5, 2013, Vistara commenced operations on January 9, 2015 with its first official flight from Delhi to Mumbai. Vistara connects a total of 50 domestic and international destinations. Vistara had a fleet of 70 aircraft including 53 Airbus A320neo, 10 Airbus A321neo and 7 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, operating more than 300 flights daily. Airline company Vistara, which started services on January 9, 2015, has so far transported more than 6.5 crore customers to their destination.
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