South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) honorary president Vivek Nair said the government would support the initiative, which would take off in November.

He said there were many stake-holders, and expressed hope that the government would extend support under large-scale revenue generating schemes. He said they had held talks with Rahul Bhatia of Indigo, who agreed to pay them for maintenance and crew and meet other expenses from the corpus funds for a few months on experimental basis.

It would be tried out at the Golden Chariot circuit, Karnataka, in second phase.