Vistara today announced that it will reconfigure its aircraft to reduce the number of seats in the premium and business class of its aircraft and increase the economy class seats in their aircraft.
“Starting April 2016, Vistara will reconfigure its current fleet of 9 aircraft to the new seating configuration of 8 business class seats, 24 premium economy seats and 126 economy seats. This change will raise the total number of seats on Vistara’s aircraft from 148 to 158, which is better aligned with market demand and customer needs,” the airline said in a release.
Vistara earlier had 16 business class seats, 36 premium economy class seats and 96 economy class seats.
The airline added that the airline is refining its route network strategy to take advantage of the unprecedented growth in travellers on many emerging routes. “While there continues to be a good demand for Vistara’s unique Business and Premium Economy cabins on key routes such as between Delhi and Mumbai, the change in configuration will allow the airline to serve other emerging routes through better alignment of capacity to demand whilst satisfying the route dispersal guidelines. To maintain operational flexibility, all aircraft in the Vistara fleet will be retrofitted to the new seating configuration. This will also help the airline to maintain its market leading position in on-time performance,” the airline said.
