Vistara operates flight with fully vaccinated crew

PUNE: Vistara on Wednesday operated India’s first flight with pilots and cabin crew fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

The special flight UK963 June 16 departed Delhi at 08:50 hours and arrived in Mumbai at 11:10 hours, operated by crew that have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The crew will also be operating the return flight, UK 960, which is scheduled to depart from Mumbai at 11:55 hours and expected to reach Delhi at 14:05 hours on Wednesday. Vistara plans to operate more such flights in the coming days as their number of fully vaccinated staff increases, its officials said.