Vistara or Air Vistara is now a chapter for the civil aviation history books, as the full-service airline merged with its parent company, Tata Group’s Air India. The last tranche of flights took off from various destinations on November 11.
Mumbai- Delhi
Thank you for being part of this unforgettable journey and showering us with your #VistaraLove. We will forever cherish these memories.
Please follow @airindia for all the latest updates. pic.twitter.com/Dz1xjDNNIJ
— Vistara (@airvistara) November 11, 2024
Beginning a new chapter, the merged entity’s first flight took off from India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, to the National Capital, Delhi.
The flight for this journey started its journey in Doha, Qatar. As per reports, the code of these new flights will change from the previous ‘UK’ used by Vistara. Now, the old Vistara flights will carry a ‘2’ before the code number.
The first flight that took off carried Flight No. AI 2984. Here, the ‘2’ before 984 signifies that the flight was once a Vistara flight.
As Vistara completes its merger into Air India the last Vistara call sign flight and first Air India call sign flight are in the air.
Last Vistara: https://t.co/61ME8KKlYF
First Air India: https://t.co/gAuaMNZTrJ pic.twitter.com/MYDtjL1GTC
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) November 11, 2024
The flight departed from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport before the scheduled time of 01:20 IST, at 01:15 IST. The flight also landed in Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport before the scheduled time of 03:35 IST, at 03:27 IST.
The aircraft used in this journey was the Airbus A320NEO.
Thank you vistara for serving us at 35000 ft altitude and making it home in the sky. But will definitely tell ur story to my kids one day about your glory and praise. @airvistara I love you always and u and ur team will always be in my heart. Sad to good bye with tears
— Goru_Panda (Ha me Modi family se hu) (@GoruPanda) November 11, 2024
Bye Bye Vistara
Many reacted to the Vistara’s last day in the air as netizen reactions poured in. One netizen wrote, replying to the airline, “Thank you vistara for serving us at 35000 ft altitude and making it home in the sky. But will definitely tell ur story to my kids one day about your glory and praise. @airvistara. I love you always and u and ur team will always be in my heart. Sad to good bye with tears”
So Long Vistara and thank you for all the pictures..
Here is a collection of my photographs from the last 5 years… (Part 1)
It’s been a great ride.. onwards and upwards to the next chapter with Air India #vistara #airbus #a320Neo #a321Neo #b7879 #lifeontheramp pic.twitter.com/ZSKml6N4SN
— Pratik Mehta (@tweetpratikm) November 11, 2024
Another X user commented, “So Long Vistara and thank you for all the pictures.. Here is a collection of my photographs from the last 5 years… (Part 1). It’s been a great ride.. onwards and upwards to the next chapter with Air India”
As an unforgettable legacy takes its final flight, a new journey on the horizon awaits. Goodbye, @airvistara. Here’s #ToLimitlessPossibilities ahead. #goIndiGo
Video credits @UtkarshThakkar pic.twitter.com/QAOlNzX5xm
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) November 11, 2024
In addition, the biggest reaction of all came from it rival, IndiGo. IndiGo in a post on X said, “As an unforgettable legacy takes its final flight, a new journey on the horizon awaits. Goodbye, @airvistara. Here’s #ToLimitlessPossibilities ahead”