Full service carrier Vistara on Tuesday announced the change of guard at the airline, bringing in its Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan as the new CEO in place of Leslie Thng, who will be returning to Singapore to take up a senior position at Singapore Airlines.
“Leslie Thng, Chief Executive Officer, after leading Vistara for more than four years, will move on to take up a senior appointment with Singapore Airlines (SIA) from January 1, 2022, Vistara said in a release.
The board of the company TATA SIA Airlines Ltd has named Kannan to succeed Thng effective January 1, 2022, it said.
Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture airline between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines.
