Vistara looks to lessors to fill long-haul gap amid 787 delays

Indian full-service airline Vistara is in talks with lessors about getting long-haul planes to cover a gap left by delays in Boeing 787 deliveries, chief executive Vinod Kannan said.

Vistara, owned by Singapore Airlines and India’s Tata Group, is waiting to receive four aircraft from Boeing’s 787 production line, but deliveries have been frozen globally since May 2021 due to quality-control shortcomings.