This November, Vistara will be the second major airline brand in India to fade out within a space of five years. Jet Airways went down in April 2019, about six and a half years after Kingfisher Airlines stopped flying in October 2012. Before that, Sahara Airlines flew into sunset in 2007 following a merger with Jet. Then, there were several smaller airlines, including AirAsia India, which ceased operations in October 2023, making way for Air India’s AIX Connect, and GoAir, which vanished in May 2023. In addition, there are airlines such as SpiceJet that are facing financial