{"id":67524,"date":"2020-09-27T21:47:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=67524"},"modified":"2022-09-27T21:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:49:03","slug":"ascent-launches-ride-sharing-service-using-helicopters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/27\/ascent-launches-ride-sharing-service-using-helicopters-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascent Launches Ride-Sharing Service Using Helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0If you need to be in your\u00a0destination on time and a car or motorcycle ride still won&#8217;t do, why don&#8217;t you book a helicopter instead?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ascent Experience - Skip the Traffic in Asia with Helicopters\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJ0a6Gdv67E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tech startup\u00a0<strong>Ascent Urban Air Mobility<\/strong>\u00a0launched a service that offers flights aboard modern choppers to provide hassle-free travels within and around cities in the country. The services are operated by INAEC Aviation Corporation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As of now, passengers can book a flight through their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ascent.flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0and fly between areas such as\u00a0<strong>INAEC Manila Hangar<\/strong>\u00a0in NAIA,\u00a0<strong>SM City North EDSA<\/strong>\u00a0in Quezon City,\u00a0<strong>V&amp;A Law Center<\/strong>\u00a0in BGC,\u00a0<strong>The Peninsula Manila<\/strong>\u00a0in Makati,\u00a0<strong>INAEC Clark<\/strong>\u00a0in Pampanga, and\u00a0<strong>City Track Oval<\/strong>\u00a0in Tagaytay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41842\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/ascent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\/IMAGE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ascentflights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fb.com\/ascentflights<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A ride from Makati to BGC, which will take roughly 5 minutes, costs<strong>\u00a0Php 6,900\/pax<\/strong>. Flying from NAIA to Quezon City is at\u00a0<strong>Php 10,900<\/strong>\/pax for a 15-minute ride.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, if you&#8217;re heading to BGC from the airport (within 10 minutes), the ride costs\u00a0<strong>Php 8,900\/pax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuSpl6WFmrQ\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cancellations are non-refundable for no-shows and late passengers, thus they suggest to arrive at the helipad at least 20 minutes prior to the flight time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ascent only allows helicopter-friendly luggage, which includes cabin baggage smaller than 56cm x 36cm x 23cm and lighter than 10kg in weight. Otherwise, they will recommend value-added services such as\u00a0<strong>luggage transport<\/strong>\u00a0for non-helicopter friendly pieces of luggage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other services offered are<strong>\u00a0on-ground guest assistance<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>airport transfers via helicopter<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>shuttle services to dedicated heliports<\/strong>, and<strong>\u00a0corporate packages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ascent looks forward to expanding routes to cities in Visayas and Mindanao, including other Southeast Asian countries in the next months and years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Uber and Grab first presented helicopter services in the Philippines, the UberChopper and the GrabHeli respectively, in 2015. However, these services are no longer offered in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footer-big-contacts\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>For inquiries, you may call at +63 906-354-9307 or send an email to contact@ascent.flights. For updates, follow them on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ascentflights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ascentflights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer-big-contacts\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer-big-contacts\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/06\/30\/guide-to-p2p-bus-service-for-expats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P2P Bus Service Guide for Expats<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ascent.flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ascent.flights<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascent Urban Air Mobility launched a service that offers flights aboard modern choppers to provide an hassle-free travel within and around cities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/09\/ascent-e1554359329361.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67526,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67524\/revisions\/67526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}