Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Helicopter Rides Catching on for Weddings

Bengaluru: Destination wedding became popular when Ayan Mukerji’s directorial Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani showed how much fun can it be. But weddings in India seem to have gone further... up in the air.

Sandeep Agarwal from Droom says, “We have also arranged planes for an entire wedding. The client was based out of Mumbai. We had about 80 guests on board.”

Most such bookings are from Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. And now, Bengaluru has started making a few enquiries as well, says Captain Atish from Colossus Air Services.

Sandeep says that planes are sometimes hired to pick up guests. “People hire one to host a bachelor party or sometimes even propose to their girlfriends or boyfriends.”

Eighty per cent of his customers are male, he says, and they earn anything between Rs5 lakh and Rs11 lakh annually. Within four months, Droom has received about 20 bookings. “A majority of bookings are for this December and January,” he shares.
02/12/15 Pratima Shantaveeresh/New Indian Express
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