{"id":20715,"date":"2022-05-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20715"},"modified":"2022-05-20T22:59:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T17:29:38","slug":"blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa\/","title":{"rendered":"BLADE launches chopper services in Goa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>BLADE, a helicopter transport company,<\/strong> announced the debut of its chopper services in Goa on Friday, giving trips to both <strong>locals and tourists. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The helicopter service is intended for incoming tourism and will connect <strong>Goa Airport to North Goa, South Goa, and Old Goa<\/strong> \u2014 a region with a cluster of heritage monuments, according to the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"BLADE, a helicopter transport company, announced the debut of its chopper services in Goa, giving trips to both locals and tourists. \" class=\"wp-image-20717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/helicopter-crash-reuters.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy &#8211; economic times <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The service was started at the Aguada helipad in North Goa by state chief minister Pramod Sawant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the corporation, <strong>BLADE has three landing spots<\/strong> for its services in the state: <em>North Goa (in Surla), South Goa, and Old Airport. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Amit Dutta, managing director of <strong>BLADE India<\/strong>, the goal of heli-tourism services is to make areas more accessible through <strong>short-haul air mobility. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-750x393.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa-1140x597.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blade-launches-chopper-services-in-goa.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Image Credits &#8211; livemint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">\"The <strong>Goa airport and North-South Goa <\/strong>have traditionally been disconnected due to the length of time required to go by road, and this has been a source of <strong>frustration for visitors and locals alike<\/strong>.\n\n The goal is to enable <strong>local communities and companies <\/strong>thrive by bridging the gap between the two places \"he declared<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLADE<\/strong> India, a joint venture between New York-based BLADE Urban Air Mobility Inc and Delhi-based venture capital firm <strong>Hunch Ventures<\/strong>, has added Goa as its third state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It entered the Indian market in March 2019 with the introduction of its services in Maharashtra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Tuned and Informed with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLADE, a helicopter transport company, announced the debut of its chopper services in Goa, giving trips to both locals and tourists. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[633,6007,6010,6008,6009],"class_list":{"0":"post-20715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-blade","9":"tag-chopper-services","10":"tag-goa-services","11":"tag-helicopter-transport","12":"tag-hunch-ventures"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20718,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20715\/revisions\/20718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}