NEW DELHI: Air India will soon join the league of global airlines like Lufthansa and Air France-KLM combine that have both full service and budget products within the same entity, with the no frill model being mostly for shorter routes. Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Thursday for the first time confirmed it is in talks with Tata Group for a “potential integration” of Vistara with Air India.
This came two days after Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said he wants a single airline with two platforms — meaning full service by integrating Vistara with AI and budget by merging AirAsia India (AAIPL) into AI Express.
“We will have both— full services and low cost services—but we want to make it a world leading airline of scale, where Indians are able to fly everywhere. That’s the goal, it’s a long journey,” Chandrasekaran had said on Tuesday (October 11) promising a wide global network to Indian globetrotters.
