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Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal's new venture to connect Tier 2 and 3 cities, collaborates with LAT Aerospace
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Food delivery platform Zomato's founder, Deepinder Goyal, is planning to start a new venture in the airspace segment. According to a report by the PTI news agency, LAT Aerospace co-founder Surobhi Das, the entrepreneurs are building a "system" to refine the regional air travel in the country.
In a LinkedIn post, Das wrote about how Goyal questioned the "broken, expensive, and infrequent" regional air travel.
"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 mostly out of reach unless you live in a metro?" Das wrote.
The former Chief of Staff to Goyal mentioned that India has more than 450 airstrips, but only 150 see commercial flights. Also, millions in Tier 2 and 3 cities spend hours and days travelling by road or rail.
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After brainstorming to improve the crooked regional air travel system, Das and Goyal decided to build LAT Aerospace.
"Think buses in the sky — affordable, high-frequency, and designed to connect the places the airline industry overlooked. Our aircraft will take off and land in compact “air-stops” — no bigger than a parking lot — built closer to where people actually live. No chaos. No security lines. Just walk in and fly," Das wrote.
LAT Aerospace has invited an engineer, a systems designer, and a flight nerd to come aboard. The startup founder said they are building a future of mass aviation, powered by next-generation aircraft that will 24 24-seaters, with affordable fares. "Our aircraft will take off and land in compact 'air-stops' no bigger than a parking lot," according to LAT Aerospace.
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