Helicopter charter booking platform GetHeli is laying plans to offer eVTOL aircraft flights when the models begin commercial operations around 2024. The UK-based company this week expanded its database to include international operators and has introduced a subscription-based offer for charter brokers to use its platform and software.
When former investment banker Laurent Vallet launched the company in 2018, his longer-term objective was to provide a retail platform for booking eVTOL air taxi and charter services. He concluded, however, that his team should first try to improve what he views as a grossly inefficient helicopter charter market, characterized by what he referred to as “time-wasting, pen-and-paper transactions and a lack of visibility” for both customers and service providers. He said that a typical flight booking can take an entire day to organize with an average of around nine emails being exchanged.
