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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Days after Vistara’s merger with Air India, the country’s largest airline is hoping to wean away some of the full-service carrier’s customers. The risk? Complicating its own business model.
In the world of business, there are no coincidences. Even so, IndiGo’s launch of a business class in its flights—the first of which, with 12 business class seats, is scheduled to take off at 7 am on Thursday from New Delhi to Mumbai—raises a few eyebrows. Just three days ago, Vistara flew for the last time before its merger with Air India. Vistara, as is well known, was a full-service airline with business, premium economy and economy seats.
In other words, IndiGo allowed Air India just three days of bragging rights to being the only airline in the country with …
