Vistara to end services in November as merger with Air India gets key nod: Looking back at airline’s 3,595-day journey
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Vistara to end services in November as merger with Air India gets key nod: Looking back at airline’s 3,595-day journey

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As Singapore Airlines informed the Singapore Stock Exchange about receiving approvals for foreign direct investment into Air India, the last of the hurdles for the merger of Vistara with Air India were crossed. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Many firsts Vistara became the first airline to offer Premium Economy in Indian skies. The airline also became the first in India to offer a flatbed experience on narrowbody aircraft when it inducted its A321neo, meant to fly to regional international routes. Eventually, it became the first airline in India to transition from legacy aircraft to an all-modern fleet comprising the Airbus ‘neo’ family for its narrowbody operations. First to benefit from relaxed norms for flying international With the National Civil Aviation Policy of 2016 coming into force and doing away with the five-year rule for flying international, Vistara started international services in August 2019, a few months ahead of its fifth anniversary, becoming the first airline to benefit from the change in policy.

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