With its spacious cabin, gentle cruising speed and autonomous all-terrain operation, the SkyLiner offers a uniquely attractive tourist vehicle. In particular:

Eco-tourism: the vehicle’s low fuel burn and independence of any need for invasive ground infrastructure makes the SkyLiner ideally suited to eco-tourism, a fast-growing market with strong foreign currency benefits, and to operations deep into environmentally-sensitive areas.

Capacity: the SkyCat-20 can carry up to 120 passengers in economy-class seating, or 70 passengers in spacious first-class accommodation.

Low cost: direct operating costs of less than $1,000/hr equate to $10 per economy-class passenger per hour, or some $0.07 per passenger/km. Even on an all-in cost basis, the SkyLiner could be operated at a profit by charging passengers $35 per hour, or $0.26 per km – clearly well below the premium levels that could be charged.

The experience: touring in a SkyLiner would be more than merely a means of transport to a destination but a travel experience in its own right. Able to land right alongside a cruise liner, for instance, the SkyLiner could take passengers direct to destinations deep inland or operate flexibly between islands and the mainland. Further, its ability to hover above important natural sites and linger over breathtaking views, to observe silently and non-intrusively the wildlife of the region, make for a novel and environmentally-sympathetic addition to the tourist experience.

Competitive advantage: in an increasingly competitive international market, the SkyCat offers a uniquely powerful attraction that will place the first-adopting nation or tourist operator in the forefront of the world’s eyes as leaders in 21st-century eco-sensitive tourism.