NEW DELHI: Vistara, which had started flying in January 2015 and reported its first operationally profitable quarter in October-December 2022, has seen its highest ever revenue per seat km (RASK) — or yield/ticket prices in simple terms — in the October-December 2022 period when travel rebounded big time post Omicron.
And thanks to higher aircraft utilisation, its cost per available seat km (CASK) fell by 20-22% without factoring in fuel prices that were at record high levels for several months last year in that period over same time of 2021.
Taking fuel into account, CASK had risen by 5-7%. “Our RASK in April-December 2022 over same period in previous year was higher by 40%.
