NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the acceleration of the anti-Covid-19 vaccination drive, Tata-SIA airline operating as Vistara, expects regular short-haul international operations to commence in the next three to six months.

Remarkably, the current international flights are operated under the 'Air Bubble' agreements between India and other countries. This special arrangement mandates certain prerequisites along with permissions that are needed for passengers to undertake travel.

However, regularly scheduled services by the airline were being undertaken during the Pre-Covid period to destinations like Singapore, Dubai, Colombo, Bangkok and Kathmandu.

As per the statement by Vistara's Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan, “it might take at least 3-6 more months to resume short-haul international operations within the subcontinent based on bilateral government approvals. "While global rollout of the vaccine has begun in full swing, resumption of regular international air travel is still some time away. "Therefore, we feel travel bubble agreements will continue for a while and it may take us at least 3-6 more months to resume short-haul international operations within the subcontinent based on bilateral government approvals, while long-haul air travel may take at least till the end of the year to resume."

 He said the airline is keen on long-haul direct flights operations from India and has been steadily growing its global network under travel bubble agreements. We are pursuing discussions with other like-minded global airlines for partnerships to be able to provide our customers an extended global network while strengthening our international presence.

In fact, the airline's six of the seven destinations were added during the ongoing pandemic, under travel bubble agreements.

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