Vistara CEO Phee Teik Yeoh and Gurjot Singh Malhi, Advisor to CEO, held detailed discussion on this with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here, an official spokesman said.
Domestic carrier Vistara is likely to enter into a codesharing agreement with Singapore Airlines soon in a move that would allow seamless connectivity to its customers to Singapore and vice versa.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Ronojoy Banerjee, Vistara Chief Executive Officer, Phee Teik Yeoh, said that the company is finalizing its India and overseas strategy which will be presented to the board shortly.
Vistara will firm up its aircraft procurement plans only after knowing the outcome on 5/20 norm, the private airline's CEO Phee Teik Yeoh said on June 9
"TCS would provide a broad range of IT services in the area of IT management, application maintenance and application development to help Vistara achieve its goal in customer experience, operational excellence as well as cost leadership," Vistara said in a release today.
Phee Teik Yeoh, CEO, Vistara is not terribly disappointed with no clarity on the 5/20 rule in the aviation draft policy. However, thinks the government will completely abolish it for the benefit of the industry and the economy as a whole.
From offering Odia dish exclusively to its Odia passengers to giving 2 percent commission to its agents, it has put its best to make-feel its dealers the ‘new feel‘ of luxury and comfort of traveling.
"The special customer, identified as Paras Johar, was given a warm welcome by Vistara crew at the IGI airport. He was escorted right from the airport entrance to the check-in counters and also upgraded to the business class from the premium economy," the airline said in a release.
Tata-SIA joint venture Vistara completed 100 days in India a few days back. In a free wheeling conversation with CNBC-TV18's Sindhu Bhattacharya, Vistara's CEO Phee Teik Yeoh, looked upbeat about the company's prospects going forward and applauded the government's decision to abolish the 5/20 rule and replace it with a credit-based scheme.
The mobile app, launched on the completion of 100-days of the new airline which is a joint venture between India's Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, comes packed with an array of features for customers to enable self-servicing, Vistara said in a release.
High jet fuel cost makes the Indian carriers less competitive with the other global airlines. In terms of taxes regime, for the aviation industry the government should take action. 5/20 rule must be removed for the benefit of the nation and for the industry.
The full service airline, to be jointly run by the Tatas and Singapore Airlines, has promised to create demand where none exists today. Will it succeed?
The newly-launched airline has plans of some destinations overseas that it can operate using the existing fleet of aircrafts which is the Airbus A320.
The full-service airline, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, opened its bookings at 22:30 hours tonight. With Delhi as its hub, Vistara will initially offer flights to Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the airline said in its statement late tonight.
Since the Indian civil aviation was downgraded in January and the review will take place soon, Vistara had to make some changes in its certification process.