Vistara Delays

A Vistara flight from London to Delhi on Wednesday received a bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax following a thorough inspection of the aircraft after it landed safely at the airport in the national capital, according to sources.

Actor Aditi Rao Hydari complained about being stuck in a flight early morning in Mumbai as there was "no ladder nor an airbridge", the airline issued a statement on Saturday evening clarifying that the delay was of "12 minutes".

Vistara on Sunday said it is scaling back its operations by 25-30 flights per day to ease the pressure on pilots, underlining that the airline, hit by delays, has improved its on-time performance over the last few days.

Amid a string of flight cancellations and delays, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan will be meeting pilots working with the airline this afternoon, sources have told NDTV Profit

Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Vistara to submit a daily report on flight cancellations and delays as the Tata group airline cancelled more than 50 flights for the second straight day on Tuesday amid non-availability of pilots.

Vistara flight cancellations: At least 38 Vistara flights originating from key cities were cancelled this morning as the airline reeled under non-availability of pilots.

Vistara, co-owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has been hit with a number of flight delays and cancellations over the last few days, the airline said on Monday.

A Delhi-Pune Vistara airlines flight was delayed for around eight hours at the IGI Airport here after a bomb threat call which later turned out to be hoax, security sources and police said.

A GMR Group-run call centre in New Delhi received a bomb threat call for a Delhi-Pune Vistara flight, which was scheduled to take off from Delhi airport this morning.

Vistara, which has a fleet of 41 aircraft, will take delivery of at least one Boeing 787 and two other planes this calendar year.

A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital early this morning affecting train and flight operations as visibility dropped drastically. Conditions on the city roads were no different as vehicles were seen moving at low speeds with emergency lights on.

Chennai fog: The flight diversion took place on Spice Jet, Go Air, Air India, Air Asia, Emirates, Vistara and Indigo. The airlines also updated the passengers about the flight delays and also apologised to the disgruntled passengers.

IndiGo has cancelled 19 flights and 16 others have been delayed as crew members were stuck in a massive traffic jam at NH-8 due to anti-Citizenship Act protests on Thursday, a Delhi airport official said.

Airlines have issued advisories warning passengers of further delays should the weather worsen. Air Vistara and SpiceJet tweeted asking all passengers to check their respective flight statuses for updates

All flights at the Delhi airport were delayed this morning due to bad weather and poor visibility, news agency ANI reported. Twenty flights to and from the Bengaluru airport too were delayed this morning due to fog. Flights were affected in Bhopal as well.

A Vistara flight from London to Delhi on Wednesday received a bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax following a thorough inspection of the aircraft after it landed safely at the airport in the national capital, according to sources.

Actor Aditi Rao Hydari complained about being stuck in a flight early morning in Mumbai as there was "no ladder nor an airbridge", the airline issued a statement on Saturday evening clarifying that the delay was of "12 minutes".

Vistara on Sunday said it is scaling back its operations by 25-30 flights per day to ease the pressure on pilots, underlining that the airline, hit by delays, has improved its on-time performance over the last few days.

Amid a string of flight cancellations and delays, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan will be meeting pilots working with the airline this afternoon, sources have told NDTV Profit

Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Vistara to submit a daily report on flight cancellations and delays as the Tata group airline cancelled more than 50 flights for the second straight day on Tuesday amid non-availability of pilots.

Vistara flight cancellations: At least 38 Vistara flights originating from key cities were cancelled this morning as the airline reeled under non-availability of pilots.

Vistara, co-owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has been hit with a number of flight delays and cancellations over the last few days, the airline said on Monday.

A Delhi-Pune Vistara airlines flight was delayed for around eight hours at the IGI Airport here after a bomb threat call which later turned out to be hoax, security sources and police said.

A GMR Group-run call centre in New Delhi received a bomb threat call for a Delhi-Pune Vistara flight, which was scheduled to take off from Delhi airport this morning.

Vistara, which has a fleet of 41 aircraft, will take delivery of at least one Boeing 787 and two other planes this calendar year.

A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital early this morning affecting train and flight operations as visibility dropped drastically. Conditions on the city roads were no different as vehicles were seen moving at low speeds with emergency lights on.

Chennai fog: The flight diversion took place on Spice Jet, Go Air, Air India, Air Asia, Emirates, Vistara and Indigo. The airlines also updated the passengers about the flight delays and also apologised to the disgruntled passengers.

IndiGo has cancelled 19 flights and 16 others have been delayed as crew members were stuck in a massive traffic jam at NH-8 due to anti-Citizenship Act protests on Thursday, a Delhi airport official said.

Airlines have issued advisories warning passengers of further delays should the weather worsen. Air Vistara and SpiceJet tweeted asking all passengers to check their respective flight statuses for updates

All flights at the Delhi airport were delayed this morning due to bad weather and poor visibility, news agency ANI reported. Twenty flights to and from the Bengaluru airport too were delayed this morning due to fog. Flights were affected in Bhopal as well.