Vistara to begin a daily flight from Kolkata to Delhi for travelers to Europe

Vistara is a full-service airline and it will begin a regular flight from Kolkata to Delhi to connect travelers to European carriers for onward journey to their destinations. Vistara has an eye on the city's yawning European gulf. It has commercial tie-ups with major international carriers like British Airways, Air France and KLM and will connect Europe-bound travelers from Kolkata to their flights from Delhi.
Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 10 June 2016.

Vistara plans to start off with two Delhi flights, one daily and another for six days a week barring Sunday. It seems European airlines are unable to get enough business to fly from Calcutta but are keen to get these passengers. Hence, they are going in for a tie-up. At present, Europe-bound passengers from Kolkata have to choose between taking an international airline that connects them to their destinations through the Gulf or fly out to Delhi or Mumbai.
Vistara expects to get 15 to 20 seats of Europe-bound travelers on every flight and will operate 158-seater Airbus 320 aircraft on the Calcutta-Delhi sector. The incentive or pull factor would be special baggage allowance which will be one-and-a-half to two times more than normal, depending on the class of travel. There would be three segments: business, premium economy and economy.


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