Vistara’s Engineering head, Sirira Kanta Dash is appointed as the Chief Technical Officer (Head of Engineering) of Air India effective June 2023, as per sources. Meanwhile the current Head of Engineering at Air India, Arun Kashyap will return to SpiceJet as the Chief Commercial Officer (COO) after a brief stint in Air India.
This appointment of a senior executive from Vistara in Air India is also seen as a precursor to the merger of the two airlines which is pending regulatory approval.
Meanwhile, Vistara has also added Air India as a bilateral interline partner. With this, passengers will be able to travel seamlessly using a single ticket on both airlines, the airline said in a statement. Till now two airlines have been operating independently and passengers needed to book tickets separately.