Full-service carrier Vistara on Tuesday cancelled over 50 flights due to crew shortage, leaving scores of fliers stranded and prompting the aviation regulator to intervene and ask for details on the number of flights that are being cancelled and delayed. The airline, which is jointly owned by Singapore Airlines and Tata Group, had called off 50 flights on Monday primarily due to pilots calling in sick to protest the new salary structure as a part of Vistara’s merger into Air India, according to sources.
Vistara usually operates about 350 flights every day.
