Today morning, I flew the inaugural flight of India’s newest full service airline, Vistara, the brand name for Tata-SIA Airlines, the joint venture between India’s most respected conglomerate the Tatas, and Singapore Airlines.
Indira Gandhi international ( DEL) to Chhatrapati Shivaji international ( BOM) .
UK890. Depart 12: 30 Arrive 14: 45. All times local.
Airbus A320-200. VT-TTB. Seat 7D.
09-January-2015.
Check In – New Delhi
I transferred to the departure hall in Terminal 3 after arriving on my fight from Bangalore on Jet Airways which also arrived in T3.
?Vistara inaugural flight UK890 New Delhi to Mumbai. Check-in counters, decorated with orchids in the corporate purple colour.
I arrived at the check in desk just after the first boarding pass was issued. The check in desks were all decorated in orchids in the airline’s royal aubergine colour. The Premium Economy check-in desk greeted and welcomed me with warmth and gave a sense of belonging right from the start.
?Vistara Premium Economy check-in counter decorated with expensive orchids for the inaugural flight.
With no check-in luggage, I was quickly given my boarding pass and a bar of chocolate.
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