Air India CEO Campbell Wilson assures employees of a 'great proposition' despite HR concerns following the Vistara merger, emphasizing the airline's commitment as a 'responsible employer'.

As part of the modernisation plans, Air India had allocated $400 million towards its retrofit program in 2022, CEO Campbell Wilson said.

Air India enhances its service by deploying former Vistara A320neo aircraft on key routes, offering a premium travel experience with three cabin classes and 35,000 weekly premium seats starting December 1.

Air India will deploy the former Vistara Airbus A320neos on five routes between major Indian cities. Following the merger of the two full-service carriers, Air India looks to take advantage of Vistara’s popular premium cabin offering.

Optimising its network, Air India on Wednesday said it will deploy erstwhile Vistara's A320 planes that offer best narrow body cabin products on five key metro-to-metro routes, including Delhi-Mumbai and Mumbai-Hyderabad.

Air India will operate five key trunk routes solely with the Airbus A320neo, as it moves to rationalise operations following its merger with Vistara.

Following the recent merger of full-service carrier Vistara with Air India earlier this month, the airline is leveraging Vistara’s well-regarded A320 series planes for select flights

The process of "turnaround" of Air India Ltd., the erstwhile national carrier, has been catalysed, as the process takes around five to eight years globally, the airline's chief executive officer and managing director Campbell Wilson said in an interview with NDTV on Thursday.

Air India will now operate Vistara’s advanced A320-series planes on these metro routes: These flights, operated with former Vistara A320-series aircraft, will carry four-digit flight numbers starting with “2",

Air India optimises network with Vistara A320 planes on key metro routes, enhancing customer offerings and expanding coverage.

Vistara, which was widely considered as India’s best full-service airline with superior aircraft cabin and service, merged into the Tata group’s flagship airline Air India on November 12.