Bengaluru, Mar 6: The much-awaited chopper shuttle service Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru commenced on Monday. With this the Karnataka’s capital became the first city in the country - mimicking Sao Paulo in Brazil - to have a HeliTaxi.
The privately owned helicopter service took to the skies, delivering its first three passengers from KIA to the Electronic City in 15 minutes, which otherwise would have taken nearly two hours by road. The helitaxi made two trips, with the first one taking off at 6.30 a.m.
Group Captain (retired) K N G Nair, chairman and managing director of Kerala-based Thumby Aviation - named for a butterfly - said: "While our first helicopter started its service from 6.30 am, that was promotional. The maiden heli-taxi started from Electronic City to KIAL on Monday afternoon."
Bookings can be made by downloading the Thumby mobile app (Heli Taxii) where seats can be booked online. Seats can also be booked on the spot at the company's counter at KIA and at Thumby's facility at Electronic City.
Passengers can avail of the company's heliport facility within the international airport, which is just about a kilometer away from KIA. Passengers are picked from the airport and dropped back and the charge for this is included in the heli taxi ticket.
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