Produced by: Manoj Kumar
Forget 180-seaters and jet fuel giants—Goyal’s vision soars in 12-seater planes that hop between small towns. Think less Boeing, more bus terminal in the clouds.
Stuck in a 30-hour train from Lucknow to Ranchi? LAT promises a 90-minute skip across skies. It’s not just faster—it could redefine rural India’s idea of distance.
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This isn’t Goyal’s first brush with the hinterland. Zomato’s gritty Tier 2 expansion birthed a question he couldn’t shake: why can’t flying feel like food delivery?
India’s 450+ airstrips are mostly ghost towns. LAT isn’t building new airports—it’s exhuming the dead ones and rerouting the future through forgotten runways.
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Regional aviation sounds sexy—until you look at the margins. LAT’s real gamble? Making a historically loss-making segment finally pay for itself.
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LAT isn’t tweaking Western models. These aircraft are designed in and for India—its climate, its chaos, its short hauls, its sprawling heartland.
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With India pumping out 350 new airports by 2047 and extending UDAN, Goyal’s timing is sharp. LAT isn’t just riding a wave—it’s helping generate it.
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Airbus and Boeing have no real low-capacity competition. LAT is quietly building what they won’t touch—a microfleet for macro impact.
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What if a village kid’s first flight isn’t to Dubai, but to the nearest city for college? LAT’s promise isn’t just transport—it’s transformation by tarmac.
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