DESIGNING FUTURE: Goa has the potential of becoming a “design powerhouse” with its huge creative talent pool.
Have you heard of micro-airline services? It’s an aviation service operated between a coastline and islands by a low-flying yacht. The five-passenger craft used for the service flies at a height of 15 metres above the sea level to take you from a coast to an island destination five times faster than public ferries, and at competitive prices with high-end ferry fares.
Imagine an air-yacht that could take you from Dona Paula to Divar island or from Panjim to Chorao island, and reaching these islands in the blink of an eye. Such a flying yacht could well be designed in Goa.
This is what Deepak Pathania, chief design officer of…
