<p>New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India is planning to send a set of first officers who can operate the narrow body A320 family planes to Vistara, which is grappling with pilot woes, according to multiple sources.</p><p>The pilots will be send to Vistara on deputation, subject to getting necessary regulatory approvals.</p><p>Air India and Vistara did not offer any comments.</p>.Vistara to scale back by 10%: How it will affect passengers.<p>The sources told PTI that some first officers who can operate A320 family planes will be send to Vistara on deputation.</p><p>Two of the sources said the number of narrow body pilots likely to be deputed to Vistara could be a little over 30.</p><p>One of the sources said it will be the first time that pilots from Air India will be deputed to Vistara for operating narrow body aircraft.</p><p>For operating Vistara's wide body Boeing 787 planes, around 24 pilots are already on deputation from Air India. They include 16 commanders and eight first officers, the source said.</p><p>Vistara, a joint venture between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has cut its operational capacity by 10 per cent or 25-30 flights daily due to pilot issues.</p><p>The full service carrier has around 6,500 staff, including 1,000 pilots and 2,500 cabin crew. The airline is in the process of merging with Air India.</p><p>Recently, the airline faced significant flight disruptions due to non-availability of crew. Many pilots had reported sick to protest against the new contract that will result in pay revisions and there were also roster issues.</p><p>Vistara has a fleet of 70 aircraft, including 53 Airbus A320 neos, 10 Airbus A321s, and 7 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.</p><p>On April 5, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan told PTI that flight disruptions were mainly caused by a stretched roster for pilots and that the airline expects operations to normalise by May.</p><p>The carrier has also deployed larger aircraft like B787-9 Dreamliner and A321 neo on select domestic routes to combine flights or accommodate more customers, wherever possible.</p><p>In the ongoing summer schedule, Vistara is to operate 25.22 per cent more weekly flights at 2,324.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India is planning to send a set of first officers who can operate the narrow body A320 family planes to Vistara, which is grappling with pilot woes, according to multiple sources.</p><p>The pilots will be send to Vistara on deputation, subject to getting necessary regulatory approvals.</p><p>Air India and Vistara did not offer any comments.</p>.Vistara to scale back by 10%: How it will affect passengers.<p>The sources told PTI that some first officers who can operate A320 family planes will be send to Vistara on deputation.</p><p>Two of the sources said the number of narrow body pilots likely to be deputed to Vistara could be a little over 30.</p><p>One of the sources said it will be the first time that pilots from Air India will be deputed to Vistara for operating narrow body aircraft.</p><p>For operating Vistara's wide body Boeing 787 planes, around 24 pilots are already on deputation from Air India. They include 16 commanders and eight first officers, the source said.</p><p>Vistara, a joint venture between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, has cut its operational capacity by 10 per cent or 25-30 flights daily due to pilot issues.</p><p>The full service carrier has around 6,500 staff, including 1,000 pilots and 2,500 cabin crew. The airline is in the process of merging with Air India.</p><p>Recently, the airline faced significant flight disruptions due to non-availability of crew. Many pilots had reported sick to protest against the new contract that will result in pay revisions and there were also roster issues.</p><p>Vistara has a fleet of 70 aircraft, including 53 Airbus A320 neos, 10 Airbus A321s, and 7 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.</p><p>On April 5, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan told PTI that flight disruptions were mainly caused by a stretched roster for pilots and that the airline expects operations to normalise by May.</p><p>The carrier has also deployed larger aircraft like B787-9 Dreamliner and A321 neo on select domestic routes to combine flights or accommodate more customers, wherever possible.</p><p>In the ongoing summer schedule, Vistara is to operate 25.22 per cent more weekly flights at 2,324.</p>