rosters – The News Desk

NEW DELHI: "The worst is behind us and we have stabilised our operations," Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said Thursday. The airline had seen severe flight disruptions at the start of the month due to reasons like inhumane rostering that pilots protested by reporting sick en masse. In an internal communication to employees, Kannan said: "(Reasons for disruptions seen recently included) ATC delays, bird hits, and maintenance activities...We were stretched in our pilot rosters and there was not enough resilience to withstand injects that we would otherwise have weathered. We could and should have planned better. This has been a learning experience for us..." Unlike the merger of AIX Connect (erstwhile AirAsia India) with Air India Express, which has been smooth as the former's employees realise t...

Thai flag carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) will commence Bangkok-Istanbul on 1 December, the airline’s latest schedule update reveals. THAI will deploy an Airbus A350-900 on the daily service. The airline has two different A350-900 seat maps. THAI’s original A350 layout has 32 seats in business and 289 in economy. A350s recently delivered have 33 in business and 301 in economy. No matter which configuration you get, business will be in a 1-2-1 configuration with direct aisle access for every passenger, while economy is a comfortable 3-3-3 on both versions. Bangkok-Istanbul is a resumption for THAI. The Star Alliance carrier last operated the route in 1998. Flights will depart Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport as TG900 every day at 2345, arriving in Istanbul at 0605 the following mo...

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Worst is behind us, we have stabilised operations: Vistara CEO

Thai Airways rosters A350 on new Istanbul route – Business Traveller