New Delhi: Deepinder Goyal, who co-founded the most popular food delivery platform Zomato, is now aiming for the regional air travel segment with LAT Aerospace, according to a LinkedIn post uploaded by the aerospace startup co-founder, Surobhi Das.
Deepinder Goyal has bet on an aviation venture that could redefine regional air travel in India, which is still in its nascent stage, as uncertainty remains over regulatory clearance, technological capability, and public adoption.
Surobhi Das has written in that LinkedIn post that, “While building Zomato and flying across India, Deepinder and I kept circling back to the same question, why is regional air travel still so broken, expensive, infrequent and primarily out of the reach unless you live in a metro? India has nearly 450 airstrips, but only around 150 are used for commercial flights. That means almost two-thirds of our aviation potential is being wasted. Meanwhile, millions in Tier 2 and 3 cities spend hours, sometimes days, travelling by road or rail.
Outlining the vision behind building LAT Aerospace, Surobhi Das further stated that they think of buses in the sky: affordable, high-frequency, and designed to connect places the airline industry has overlooked. Our aircraft will take off and land in compact air-stops, no nigger than a parking lot, built closer to where people live. No chaos, no security lines, walk in and fly.
