Vistara, Air India sign interline agreement, end users to benefit

On May 3, Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group, announced that it has entered into an interline agreement with Vistara Airlines.

This agreement allows customers to conveniently travel between more than 80 destinations on Air India’s large domestic and international network and Vistara’s route network.

The agreement includes Inter Airline Through Check-in (IATCI) implementation, which enables passengers to receive their boarding passes at the first point of departure for all travel sectors on a single ticket, and have their baggage checked-in through to their final destinations.

Air India has more than 100 partnerships with international partner airlines, including Lufthansa, United Airlines, Air Canada, and Singapore Airlines, among others.

The two airlines have also implemented “Interline Considerations on Irregular Operations (IROPs),” a plan that allows passengers to be seamlessly transferred to one another’s first alternative flights in the event of operational disruptions like delays, cancellations, or diversions, among other things.