Leslie Thng, whose appointment is effective from today, replaces Phee Teik Yeoh, who has returned to Singapore Airlines.
Leslie Thng started his career in SIA in 1999 and has held many senior positions in the airline across international markets and various businesses. Prior to being appointed chief commercial officer for Budget Aviation Holdings, he was chief executive of SilkAir. Leslie Thng...
Up until 2015, Indian aviation passengers were booking cheapest fares on their favorite OTA search engine or directly booking with the airline company. Most of the guests preferred using OTA such as Yatra, GoIbibo, MakeMyTrip as they could reference all the airline fare in a single place and make purchases as per requirement of time, date and particular fare class.
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For most of the consumers who love full carriers and can't get enough of them in India, Vistara is considered to be answers to their prayers. So far everything we have been hearing a lot of great stuff from Vistara including serving of Starbucks coffee up in the air.
Vistara has launched a new campaign where if you book directly...
Singapore Airlines is running a great new promotion along with Vistara over the coming days. When you buy Singapore Airlines tickets directly with the airline, you will get two free tickets on Vistara along on Vistara along.
Essentially, you need to be a member of the Singapore’s KrisFlyer program, and book your tickets for travel from India to wherever on Singapore...
Vistara is looking to grow its commercial ties with British Airways (BA) as it prepares to launch overseas flights next year.
Enhanced co-operation will help Vistara in securing passengers and brand recognition in the United Kingdom, which it hopes to connect as a part of its international network strategy. The tie-up will enable BA to grow its share in the...
Vistara has been running a campaign to get more people to switch business to them, and as a part of that, they’d be willing to offer Vistara Platinum as well. To be eligible to get Vistara Platinum, you need to be an existing Elite with another airline (Gold or Platinum tier).
Till now it didn't make sense for me to...
Vistara is a joint venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines. However, till now that was just in the name. There were no signs of Singapore Airlines when you flew with Vistara. Only you could see that Vistara was a partner with Silk Air (A low-cost division of Singapore Airlines again) and Singapore Airlines. However, you couldn't use your points...
The airline that was founded in 2013 as a joint venture (JV) between India's conglomerate Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA). The two companies made a bid in the mid-1990s to launch a full-service carrier in India that was unsuccessful, being denied regulatory approval by the Indian government. With India opening up its airline sector for foreign direct investment...
Prologue:
I was very much impressed the last time I flew in Vistara from Mumbai to Kochi. I was hoping for, the return journey via an airliner, to be equally rewarding
Flight details
Vistara UK 996
Kochi (COK) to Mumbai (BOM)
Flight type – Airbus 320
Departure – 3:50 PM
Class Flown – Business
Seat – 1 D
Check in
When I reached for check in, I was probably...
Prologue:
I was filled with alacrity to travel by Vistara for the first time after hearing rave reviews from all the people whom I met. Vistara had introduced an option where if you do corporate booking, you would automatically be eligible for one class upgrade. Vistara is the only flight on domestic sector that provides – Premium Economy. I automatically...
