How SIA's Vistara, travellers can win big in India's airline market

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The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew was impressed when he flew Jet Airways.

At a meeting in 2006, Mr Lee, who was then Minister Mentor, told Singapore Airlines (SIA) bosses that he found the cabin crew from the Indian private airline "nicely coiffured and well dressed".

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 27, 2019, with the headline How SIA's Vistara, travellers can win big in India's airline market. Subscribe