When Mumbai's first seaplane took its maiden flight

MEHAIR's first commercial flight of the seaplane service takes off from Mumbai to Pawava Dam (Lonavala) in the presence of Siddharth Verma, Co-founder and Director, MEHAIR, and Jagdish Patil, Managing Director, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation.

The amphibian plane service will connect Mumbai with multiple tourist destinations in the state adjacent to water bodies where there are no airports.

The seaplane's maiden flight was piloted by Priyanka Manuja.

The seaplane carried six travelers on its inaugural flight. It has a maximum capacity of nine people. There is another model that can carry four people.

The seaplanes, manufactured by aircraft company Cessna, will take about 26-30 minutes to reach the destination.

Tickets are priced at Rs 2,999 per person for a one-way journey.

MEHAIR's Siddharth Verma said on the maiden flight that this would be the first step towards covering India with the seaplane network over the next three to five years.