The Delhi-based airline currently has 13 Airbus A320 aircraft in the fleet and it plans to take another seven (A320 Neo) planes by June 2018.
Four Indian shuttlers, including P Kashyap and Chetan Anand, advanced to the second round of the of the Macau Open after contrasting wins even as two others were shown the door on Tuesday. Kashyap, seeded 14th, beat Malaysian Chun Seang Tan 21-16, 22-20 in 30 minutes, while seventh seed Chetan defeated Kay Bin Yeoh 21-16, 21-16 in a 26-minute first round encounter.
'India is a high-cost market but that is man-made. The government can change that with a stroke of the pen.'
His stupendous run in the Asian Badminton Championship came to an end on Saturday as he went down to Olympic Champion Taufiq Hidayat of Indonesia in the semifinals.
The Indian shuttler lost to Olympic champion Taufiq Hidayat in the quarter-finals.
The certification will enable Vistara to safely operate under low visibility conditions due to fog or any other poor weather conditions, which is anticipated in the north-east and northern parts of the country typically during the year-end and the beginning of the year, the airline said in a release.
Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara on Friday announced scaling up of operations and said it plans to operate 164 flights per week.
The national women's champion has been top seeded for the Asian Satellite Badminton Championship in Jaipur..
Tata's Vistara has a very strong core team to look into daily operations.
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The Indian national champion beat Salket Polsana of Thailand in the final.
Paving the way for launch of its flights, Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara was on Monday granted flying permit by aviation regulator DGCA, almost nine months after it applied for the licence.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand set to return to FIDE World Cup after 15 years with an aim to seal a berth at the 2018 Candidates tournament.
Vistara has poor load factors currently, it needs to bring down fares a bit to improve flight occupancy.
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Amadeus Altea Suite, a complete passenger service system, is currently used by more than 120 airlines across the world. Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines Limited.
Sources say the arilines has inducted a senior pilot from IndiGo to head its safety team.
Vistara has fine-tuned strategies to tap the elite class and Jet Airways may lose out on market share in times to come.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
The $100 billion Tata group conglomerate is a major beneficiary of the decision to open up aviation in India.
'After 56 years in the film industry, making over 200 films, I've broken so many bones, finally this is mine. I want to thank you, Hong Kong, such an incredible city, my hometown, my hood, who make me.'
The controversial 5/20 rule required an airline to have five years of domestic operations and 20 aircraft in its fleet to be able to fly abroad.
Vistara was launched on January 9.
Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA), which recently received a no-objection certificate from the ministry of civil aviation to start a full-service airline (Tata-SIA Airlines), are in the process of securing an import licence for 20 Airbus A320 aircraft.
Vistara is trying to be leaner and meaner, while staying focused on the original brand promise; it aims to be profitable by FY21. Arindam Majumder reports.
Singapore Airline along with its Indian JV partner have got clearance from the aviation ministry.
The airline, which is slated to get its first Airbus A-320 soon, had earlier announced plans to start operations in October.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Scholarships, sports and spirit define Phee Teik Yeoh, the new CEO of Vistara in India
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
The government has made clear that the Airports Authority of India will closely monitor the cost of airports built through the PPP route.
Phee Teik Yeoh, the recently anointed chief executive officer of the airline, speaks to Business Standard on his aim of changing the rule of the game in the aviation sector by redefining service and operational experience for travellers accustomed to mere functionality.
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
Vistara is keen to take to global skies.
National carrier Air India became part of the 27-member global airlines grouping Star Alliance, as budget airline AirAsia India launched operations and Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara received the flying permit and announced its intentions to start operations from January 9.
Phee Teik Yeoh says that the worst is behind them.
The only two truly successful private airlines in India - Jet Airways and IndiGo - have been set up and run by people who knew the ins and outs of the trade well before they took to the skies.
The sooner the airlines get their act together, the better.
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