Aircraft
Vistara Merger Could Complete Tata's Reboot of Air India
Singapore Airlines is merging its stake in Indian carrier Vistara with Tata's Air India group, and will invest up to a total of around $865 million.
After the merger of Vistara with Air India, the group will have a combined fleet of 218 widebody and narrowbody aircraft, serving 38 international and 52 domestic destinations. (Image: Neelam Mathews)
After the merger of Vistara with Air India, the group will have a combined fleet of 218 widebody and narrowbody aircraft, serving 38 international and 52 domestic destinations. (Image: Neelam Mathews)

Within a year of taking over loss-making Air India, the Tata conglomerate has restructured its four carriers to become the only Indian air transport group to operate both full-service and budget services. The final piece of this jigsaw was put into place with an announcement on Tuesday that Singapore Airlines (SIA) agreed to merge its Vistara subsidiary with Air India.