Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala tourism will be on a new high as a chopper service for tourists, the first one of its kind in the country, will take off from Kovalam on June 15. The six-seater chopper will airlift tourists from Kovalam to various tourism destinations such as Munnar, Kumarakom, Kochi and even Guruvayur.
King Rotors and Air Charter, the private company that will run the chopper service, has already received the ‘no objection certificate’ from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The company has purchased its first helicopter from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). ‘‘Once the tourist season begins in September, we will purchase our second chopper,’’ King Rotors managing director Captain K.N.G.Nair said.
For a tourist, time and convenience are the gains. Road travel from Kovalam to Munnar takes a weary 10 hours. But in a chopper, it takes less than an hour and the journey is free of the bumps and dust.
Nair is already scouting around for a Cessna Caravan, a state-of-the-art 12-seater amphibian aircraft, to be inducted into his fleet during the next stage of his operations.
King Rotors is also planning to enter into an arrangement with some of the major hospitals in the state for health tourism and also for crucial services like emergency medical evacuation.
14/05/06 Newindpress
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