New Delhi, 2017-Aug-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Vistara, India’s finest full-service airline, today (August 22, 2017) announced the launch of an interline partnership with Qatar’s flag-carrier, Qatar Airways.
The partnership enables Qatar Airways’ customers to travel seamlessly on Vistara’s domestic flights, to and from Qatar Airway’s global network. Together the two airlines will provide the ‘through check-in’ facility, enabling customers to get their boarding passes at the first point of departure for all the travel sectors, both domestic and international, and have their baggage checked-in through to their final destination.
Vistara’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Phee Teik Yeoh, said: “We are delighted to launch our interline partnership with Qatar Airways, through which we will offer a seamless flying experience and international luggage allowance to our joint customers from various cities in India to and from over 150 destinations across the world on a single ticket. Qatar Airways’ customers will also now be able to experience ‘the new feeling’ with Vistara and enjoy the finest hospitality in Indian skies on their domestic connecting flights.”
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “This exciting new partnership with Vistara will bring enhanced connectivity and increased convenience to our customers travelling within India.“
“The Indian market is very important to us and we operate over a hundred flights a week between Doha and 13 Indian cities. This new partnership expands Qatar Airways’ presence in India and reinforces our commitment to this market.”
Vistara’s new partnership with Qatar Airways comes in addition to several other existing interline/through check-in agreements it has with carriers such as Air France, KLM, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA), British Airways, Finnair, Aeroflot, Ethiopian Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, and codeshare partnerships with Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.
Vistara has upped the ante in the Indian air travel market by providing a world-class travel experience to travellers in India, with its intuitively thoughtful services. With complimentary gourmet meals, impeccable service delivery from cabin crew trained to the exacting standards of Tata and Singapore Airlines, brand new aircraft with stylish interiors and elegant ambience, Vistara naturally makes for the best choice for travellers to fly within India.
Vistara has upped the ante in the Indian air travel market by providing a world-class travel experience to travellers in India, with its intuitively thoughtful services. With complimentary gourmet meals, impeccable service delivery from cabin crew trained to the exacting standards of Tata and Singapore Airlines, brand new aircraft with stylish interiors and elegant ambience, Vistara naturally makes for the best choice for travellers to fly within India.
In a short span of less than three years, Vistara has expanded its network to 19 destinations with over 625 weekly flights operated by a fleet of 15 Airbus A320 aircraft, having flown more than 5 million happy customers already. Vistara is the first and only airline in India to introduce Premium Economy class on domestic routes. The airline continues to grow and gain accolades as it redefines air travel in India by challenging the status-quo in the domestic aviation sector.
Qatar Airways began flying to its first India, destination, Mumbai, in June 1994. The airline operates services from Doha to the Indian cities of New Delhi, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Khozikode, Kolkata, Goa, Hyderabad, Chennai, Nagpur and Thiruvananthapuram, demonstrating Qatar Airways’ growing presence and commitment to the Indian market.
About Vistara (TATA SIA Airlines Limited):TATA SIA Airlines Limited, known by the brand name Vistara, is a joint venture between Tata Sons Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) with Tata Sons holding the majority stake of 51% in the company and SIA holding the remaining 49%. Vistara brings together Tata’s and SIA’s legendary hospitality and renowned service excellence to launch the finest full service carrier in India aimed at creating memorable and personalized flying experiences for its customers. Vistara commenced its commercial operations on January 9, 2015 with an aim to set new standards in the aviation industry in India.
About Qatar Airways:
Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the State of Qatar, is celebrating 20 years of Going Places Together with travellers across its more than 150 business and leisure destinations. The world’s fast growing airline will add a number of exciting new destinations to its growing network in 2017/18, including Dublin, Nice, Skopje, Sarajevo and many more, flying passengers on board its modern fleet of 200 aircraft.
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was recently named Airline of the Year by the 2017 World Airline Awards, managed by international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. It was also named World’s Best Business Class, Best Airline in the Middle East, and World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.
Qatar Airways is a member of the oneworld global alliance. The award-winning alliance was named the World’s Best Airline Alliance 2015 by Skytrax for the third year running. Qatar Airways was the first Gulf carrier to join global airline alliance, oneworld, enabling its passengers to benefit from more than 1,000 airports in more than 150 countries, with 14,250 daily departures.
Oryx One, Qatar Airways’ in-flight entertainment system offers passengers up to 4,000 entertainment options from the latest blockbuster movies, TV box sets, music, games and much more. Passengers flying on Qatar Airways flights served by its B787, A350, A380, A319 and select A320 and A330 aircraft can also stay in touch with their friends and family around the world by using the award-winning airline’s on-board Wi-Fi and GSM service.
Qatar Airways proudly supports a range of exciting international and local initiatives dedicated to enriching the global community that it serves. Qatar Airways, the official FIFA partner, is the official sponsor of many top-level sporting events, including the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cups, reflecting the values of sports as a means of bringing people together, something at the core of the airline’s own brand message – Going Places Together.
Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo carrier, serves 60 exclusive freighter destinations worldwide via its world-class Doha hub and also delivers freight to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations globally with 200 aircraft. The Qatar Airways Cargo fleet includes eight Airbus A330 freighters, 12 Boeing 777 freighters.
For more information, please contact:
Rashmi Soni
VP & Head – Corporate Communications
Vistara – A TATA SIA JV
Email: rashmi.soni@airvistara.com
Saumya Bhushan
Avian Media
Email: saumya@avian-media.com
D: + 91 11 46625510
Source: Vistara