New Delhi, December 16, 2024.
Air India has decided to make changes to its international network schedules for destinations in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia in an evident bid to capture more international connecting traffic to and from these regions via its main hub Delhi, and even Mumbai. The Tata group airline on Monday announced a slew of product upgrades and optimised flight schedules for these markets, with most of the changes taking effect in January and February.
The changes will see Air India deploy its best aircraft—including those of the erstwhile Vistara—to key gateways in Southeast Asia and Europe. This would complement the deployment of Air India’s new flagship Airbus A350 and its new leased Boeing 777 aircraft with upgraded cabin interiors on various US and UK routes earlier. Vistara, which was also a Tata group airline and was rated highly as a full-service carrier, merged into Air India in November.
Air India will progressively deploy erstwhile Vistara’s as well as its own new and retrofitted aircraft on certain priority routes, both within India and overseas. The idea being to set the customer’s expectations right and offer a superior and consistent product on key routes irrespective of the flight booked.
