NEW DELHI: Assuring over 4,700 employees of his airline soon after its merger with Air India (AI) was announced on Tuesday, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said, “Do not worry about your future.” An aviation veteran who has played a significant part in establishing Vistara as a passenger-friendly airline, Kannan in a mail assured them “that we are on this journey together and will emerge stronger at the end of it”. Vistara will be merged into AI by March 2024, after getting the required regulatory approvals.
“So, what does this mean for us as an organisation? We remain committed to the growth, fleet and expansion plans that we had charted out – plans that see us going from the current 54 aircraft fleet to 70 by end 2023 . This will continue and we will progressively introduce new routes, new destinations and new frequencies as we had originally set out to do – as Vistara,” Kannan’s mail says.
Given the 16-month integration period, which may get extended if there are regulatory hurdles, the CEO has asked employees “to ensure we maintain and exceed the high standards we have set for ourselves”.
