Vistara To Add 10 Planes, 1,000 People This Fiscal

Istanbul
Full service carrier Vistara expects to add a total of 10 planes as well as hire more than 1,000 people in the current financial year and has shelved plans to fly to the US, according to a top executive.
Currently, Vistara, which is set to be merged with Air India, has a fleet of 61 aircraft and staff strength of over 5,200. During an interaction here this week, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said there has been a ready pool of talent, especially pilots and cabin crew members, with the collapse of Go First. Around 50 pilots from Go First have been recruited by the airline. Elaborating on Vistara’s hiring plans, Kannan said the airline would add a total of 10 aircraft and would need around 1,000 staff in this financial year.
Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has a fleet of 61 planes and no aircraft are on the ground, he added. The fleet has three owned and one leased wide body aircraft. Kannan said the airline has decided not to fly to the US as planned earlier. Air India needs people from Vistara. They are growing- whether people have the job that is not the issue. The issue is what job they will have, he said.
Earlier this week, the civil aviation ministry asked airlines to devise a mechanism to ensure reasonable pricing of air tickets amid a surge in airfares in certain routes.