Even if you are using a chauffeur driven luxury car, with the plushest interiors and the most state of the art engine, your journey to a very large extent remains dependent on the vagaries of the traffic conditions. What if you encounter a mile long traffic jam? Your chauffeur driven luxury automobile gets stuck alongside other rickety vehicles and you are late for your important appointment. To avoid delays on crowded roads, you might try getting airborne even when you are traveling within city limits. The idea of zipping around the city in your own luxury helicopter seems to have caught the fancy of those with really deep pockets. The unique selling point about it is that it is quick, stress free and it saves a great deal of time.

You don't even have to buy your own helicopter, there are many companies offering Air-Taxi services in almost every city around the world. They will pick you up from a helipad and then drop you at the helipad closest to the place where you need to go. No traffic jams, no traffic signals! Your ride is as smooth as the glide of an eagle. What makes these luxury helicopters even better is the fact that their interiors are as stylishly designed as that of the world's best cars. You have a plush seat in which you can recline as you plug into music of your choice. If you yearn for a drink during your short flight, many helicopters feature a small bar that can store a few bottles.

The idea of zipping around the city in your own luxury helicopter seems to have caught the fancy of those with really deep pockets

There is a misconception that helicopter travel is expensive compared to other forms of business transport, but today this is simply not the case. When you are moving corporate personnel then helicopters turn out to be a tool of cost effectiveness. If they are flying around, then you or your employees don't waste time trapped in traffic jams, which leaves more time for work. Tourism represents another area where luxury helicopters are being used in a big way. Up in the sky you have a bird's eye view of the landscape. As you fly over the different landmarks, you get a view unparalleled to any other type of tourist transportation. Travel companies have specially trained aerial guides who fly with the passengers and fill them up with interesting tidbits of information on the landscape over which you are flying.

Back home in India, helicopter rides over the historic cities of Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambore, are getting quite popular. These days it has become a fad for tourists to avail of helicopter flights over Indian cities. If you plan to explore India beyond its cities, you can opt for a ride over the spreading vista of Ladakh, or you can make an aerial survey of the Rajashtan desert or foothills of the Himalayas. Taking a flight over the Andaman Islands is an unforgettable experience in itself. After all, you haven’t really seen India until you have seen it through the eyes of an eagle and that can only happen when you are in a helicopter.

Another plus comes from the fact that when you are flying through the sky, you tend to fly away from all the stress that is part of life on earth. So if you haven't already done so, it is time you got aboard that chopper.