Vistara - India’s finest full-service carrier and a joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, inaugurated its service to Colombo, Sri Lanka flying daily (except on Wednesdays) between Mumbai and Colombo.
Chief Strategy Officer Vistara, Vinod Kannan, said: “We are very happy to step into another new geography with flights to Sri Lanka, a nation with enormous potential for tourism as well as trade.”
He said that Visatara in addition to catering to Business would also be a good travel option to the SME sector to Indian destinations.
“We would also introduce Airbus A320 to Colombo soon.”
The airline would add Delhi next year and would also look at operating to Jaffna and Mattala, depending on the demand adding that Vistara would continue to grow rapidly across India.”
Vistara has appointed North South Lines Pvt. Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lankan conglomerate, Hayleys PLC, as its representation company in Sri Lanka. Chairman, Chief Executive, Hayleys PLC, Ranjith Pandithage, said that the airline would also add many Indian destinations soon.
Airlines also fly to Singapore as its first destination, followed by Dubai, UAE and Bangkok, Thailand and operates to over 30 Indian destinations.
Vistara is India’s highest-rated airline on Skytrax and TripAdvisor and the winner of several ‘Best Airline’ awards.
Tata Sons holds the majority stake of 51% in Vistara and SIA holds the remaining 49%.
(SS)
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