{"id":4565,"date":"2025-07-02T15:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:20:09","slug":"zomatos-deepinder-goyal-sets-sights-on-regional-aviation-with-lat-aerospace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/zomatos-deepinder-goyal-sets-sights-on-regional-aviation-with-lat-aerospace\/","title":{"rendered":"Zomato\u2019s Deepinder Goyal Sets Sights on Regional Aviation with LAT Aerospace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"0\">After revolutionizing food delivery in India, <strong>Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal<\/strong> is now turning his attention skyward. Goyal is backing <strong>LAT Aerospace<\/strong>, a startup aiming to transform regional air travel across the country, according to a LinkedIn post by LAT co-founder <strong>Surobhi Das<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goyal\u2019s venture comes at a time when regional aviation is still in its infancy, grappling with regulatory hurdles, evolving technology, and the question of widespread adoption. But the opportunity is massive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhile building Zomato and flying across India, Deepinder and I kept circling back to the same question: Why is regional air travel still so broken\u2014expensive, infrequent, and mostly inaccessible unless you live in a metro?\u201d<\/em> Das shared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India is home to <strong>450 airstrips<\/strong>, yet only about <strong>150<\/strong> currently see commercial flights. <em>\u201cThat means nearly two-thirds of our aviation potential is being wasted,\u201d<\/em> Das said. Millions of people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities still spend hours\u2014or days\u2014traveling by road or rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Vision for Affordable, Frequent Air Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With LAT Aerospace, Goyal and Das want to reimagine short-haul flying as simple and convenient as hopping on a bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThink buses in the sky\u2014affordable, high-frequency, and designed to connect the places the airline industry has overlooked,\u201d<\/em> Das explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The startup plans to operate small aircraft from compact <strong>\u201cair-stops\u201d<\/strong>\u2014airfields no larger than a parking lot, built closer to where people live. The aim is to eliminate the chaos of traditional airports and make flying as seamless as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cNo chaos. No security lines. Just walk in and fly,\u201d<\/em> Das said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If successful, LAT Aerospace could unlock the untapped potential of India\u2019s regional air infrastructure and bring faster, more affordable connectivity to millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"0\">Stay tuned as this ambitious project takes flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/who-is-the-best-sebi-registered-investment-advisor-in-i\">Eqwires Research Analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/\">Top-notch SEBI registered research analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best SEBI registered Intraday tips provider <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@eqwires.com\"><strong>info@eqwires.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-red-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/eqwires\">Telegram&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eqwires\/\">Facebook&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/Eqwires\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-red-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call: +91 9624421555 \/&nbsp;<em>+91 9624461555<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/\">www.eqwires.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After revolutionizing food delivery in India, Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal is now turning his attention skyward. Goyal is backing LAT Aerospace, a startup aiming to transform regional air travel across the country, according to a LinkedIn post by LAT co-founder Surobhi Das. Goyal\u2019s venture comes at a time when regional aviation is still in its infancy, grappling with regulatory hurdles, evolving technology, and the question of widespread adoption. But the opportunity is massive. \u201cWhile building &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/zomatos-deepinder-goyal-sets-sights-on-regional-aviation-with-lat-aerospace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Zomato\u2019s Deepinder Goyal Sets Sights on Regional Aviation with LAT Aerospace&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-sebi-registered-advisory-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4567,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions\/4567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eqwires.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}