En route its merger with Air India, discontent among pilots who abstained from reporting to work has forced Vistara to cancel at least 49 flights across its network on Monday.
Following this development, the airline announced that it has decided to temporarily reduce the number of flights it operates.
“We have had a significant number of flight cancellations and delays in the past few days due to various reasons including crew unavailability... We are working towards stabilizing the situation and will resume operating our regular capacity very soon,“ the airline said in its first-ever statement on the issue, which has been simmering over since mid-February resulting in 10-15 cancellations daily along with delays.
