Vinod Kannan to be new CEO of Vistara from January 2022
NEW DELHI: Vinod Kannan, Chief Commercial Officer at Vistara, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the airline, effective from January 1, 2022. Leslie Thng, after leading the full service carrier for more than four years, will move on to take up a senior role with Singapore Airlines.
Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. Kannan has joined the airline in June 2019 as Chief Strategy Officer and currently heads amongst others network planning, revenue anagement, marketing, customer experience and cabin service functions. He started his career with Singapore Airlines in 2001.
