DGCA Greenlights Line Maintenance Integration for Air India and Vistara Amid Merger

Aviation regulator DGCA approved the integration of aircraft line maintenance operations for Air India and Vistara as part of their ongoing merger. The move aims to optimize resources, enhance operational performance, and reduce aircraft turnaround times. The integration is expected to ensure better service for a mixed fleet and create economies of scale.

Aviation regulator DGCA has approved integrating the aircraft line maintenance operations of Air India and Vistara as the two airlines move closer to their merger.

In a release on Friday, Air India stated that the integration will help optimize resources, enhance operational performance, and reduce aircraft turnaround times, ultimately bolstering on-time performance.

The combined strength is expected to ensure real-time availability of records for quick diagnostics and troubleshooting of technical issues. The economies of scale created will help in mobilizing resources and augmenting trained manpower to cater to the maintenance needs of the Group Carriers' fleet, including Air India Express.

(With inputs from agencies.)