After operating for nearly 10 years, full service carrier Vistara flew into the sunset on Tuesday early morning operating its last flight from the national capital to Singapore.
Vistara — a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines — has now merged with Air India, creating an enlarged entity that is now the country’s largest international carrier and second-largest domestic carrier.
UK115 flight from Delhi to Singapore was the last flight of Vistara with the code ‘UK’ while UK986 from Mumbai to Delhi was the carrier’s last domestic flight.
Starting a new chapter in India’s fast-growing civil aviation space, the merged entity operated its first flight with the code ‘AI2286’ from Doha to Mumbai.
In the domestic sector, the integrated entity’s first flight AI2984 took off from Mumbai to Delhi. All the four flights landed at their respective destinations early in the morning on Tuesday, according to information available on the flight tracking website Flightradar24.Com.
According to an official, the two airlines have been merged, passengers are being issued Air India boarding passes and check-in counters of Vistara at airports have become that of Air India.