Grab Indonesia To Offer Helicopter Taxi Rides In Jakarta

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Indonesians tired of Jakarta's notorious traffic jams may in future be able to book a helicopter ride using their mobile phones through a new service being considered by popular ride-hailing service Grab.

Grab Indonesia may soon release a helicopter taxi service for customers, called GrabHeli, a representative said at the company's 5th anniversary in Jakarta on Saturday.

"We always try to provide solutions for our customers," Grab Indonesia's marketing director Mediko Azwar told reporters.

However, the company has not specified when it plans to implement the new service on its digital platform. Currently, they are conducting a feasibility study to see whether the company can go ahead with the commercial launch of GrabHeli in the city.

"We are exploring the possibility to launch the service commercially."

"If it's feasible, then we will talk about the business model," Madiko said.

According to Ridzki Kramadibrata, Managing Director of Grab Indonesia, GrabHeli is specially designed to provide a quality and high-end transportation service at an affordable price. The service wants the citizens to be free of the daily trouble and is specifically aimed at serving business executives who can't afford to be stuck in traffic jams.

In a pilot program, GrabHeli offered 15-minute helicopter rides to as many as 64 of its most prized customers on Saturday and Sunday as part of its anniversary weekend.

Grab's new plans come after chartered flight company Whitesky Aviation announced the construction of a Rp 260 billion ($19.5 million) heliport near Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.

"This is a positive thing, meeting a demand from interested parties to travel to the airport via helicopter," Ridzki said, citing Whitesky's recent announcement.

"That is one of the reasons why we want to enter into this venture," he said.

Grab is not the first company to experiment with a helicopter service in Jakarta. In 2015, Uber offered free rides to residents in its so-called UberChopper, but it has yet to roll out the service commercially.

(Source: TheTechPortal /Lipstiq )

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