Vistara announces a 25% increase in its flights at the start of its summer 2016 schedule. The launch includes new services to Jammu, Srinagar and Kochi. The flights network will now cover 15 cities as the airline increases its weekly flights from 317 to almost 400 weekly. Four new Airbus A320 aircraft will be inducted during the course of the year, and the airline will introduce additional new destinations and further increase frequency on its existing routes. By the end of October 2016, the total number of flights will be increased by 85% relative to the current schedule. Starting April 7, 2016, Vistara will offer direct daily return flights from Delhi to Srinagar and from April 9, 2016 daily same-aircraft flights from Delhi to Jammu via Srinagar. The direct daily return flights from Mumbai to Kochi, and daily same-aircraft flights from Delhi to Kochi via Mumbai will commence from April 14, 2016. The new summer schedule has 17 city pairs connected through direct (non-stop) flights; 16 additional city pairs connected through ‘via’ flights such as Mumbai to Varanasi, Lucknow and Bhubaneshwar and Bengaluru to Guwahati; and over 40 additional single-stop travel options through connecting flights such as Srinagar to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bhubaneshwar, and Lucknow to Pune and Hyderabad (all via Delhi). With a focus on enhancing its connectivity in key metros, Vistara will also be increasing the frequency of its existing Delhi-Bengaluru service.