She was born into a Marwari business family in Bhopal. Kanika has fought many battles to reach the position she is currently in. We are testing for feasibility and pushing it as we believe air taxis will become the norm in the future.” We have recently started this service in Mumbai and the charges will be as cheap as an Uber ranging from Rs 1000 to Rs 2500 depending upon the distance,” says Kanika. “It will be a shuttle service between two points within a city. eVTOL aircraft are capable of vertical takeoff and landing and are predicted to play an important role in urban mobility in the near future. Jetsetgo is seeking first mover advantage in the fledgling urban air mobility with its eVTOL (electrical Vertical Take-Off) aircraft service. She personally took charge of the situation and returned only after ensuring that the employee got the required medical attention. Kanika’s concern for her employees was evident when she had to take a break from the interview she was giving us to attend to an employee who had fallen off an aircraft. Kanika survived cancer and bounced back by launching Jetsetgo Since we don’t share our profits (with our employees), we have no right to cut their salary,” she reasons. “We didn’t layoff people or reduce any salary during the COVID lockdown.

The company has been growing despite the overall negative impact in the economy due to the pandemic. Around five per cent of our flights are used for medical emergencies.” “Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai- Bengaluru, and Hyderabad-Delhi are our most flown sectors. We offer a range of charter flights, from a six-seater to 18-seater plane,” says Kanika. Our clients are mostly corporates, celebrities, politicians, and people of importance. “In 2020-21 we handled 1 lakh flyers and operated 6000 flights. Last year the company purchased its own fleet of eight aircraft. Today, Jetsetgo has grown into a Rs 150 crore turnover company with around 200 employees and offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad. “I also offered consultancy and advised people in buying airplanes according to their needs.” In 2014, Sudheer Perla, a chartered accountant and an Oxford management graduate joined the company as a co-founder. For the first two years I took advance from clients and credit from vendors to run the business,” says Kanika, founder of Delhi-based Jetsetgo Aviation Services Private Limited. “I invested Rs 5600 and built an app to book chartered flights.

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