However, Federation of Indian Airlines will continue to function and its other members are not pulling the plug yet, industry sources said.
It has aircraft utilisation target of 16 hours as against the current 13 hours.
Vistara was launched on January 9.
AirAsia's rival airlines in India have kept themselves super-busy in the past few months -- by moving court against the former's launch, adding flights on the routes where AirAsia is operating, and engaging in a price war.
Non-metro routes get 73 per cent of its flyers -- a factor that has earned it double-digit share with only 19 planes.
But the Abu Dhabi-based airline would first bolster its own network with traffic from India before Jet's turnaround.
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