Overview
- Telangana Tourism with SkyWaltz will run the three-day festival from January 16 to 18, and officials said initial slots sold out within minutes with another 100 tickets to be released on January 14.
- Reports differ on allocations, with one account citing 330 total tickets and another noting roughly 400 evening registrations and 30 morning seats.
- Morning free flights are planned for 45–60 minutes covering roughly 8–10 km, including a January 16 launch from Hyderabad Golf Club priced at ₹2,000, while evening sessions at Secunderabad’s Parade Ground are tethered vertical lifts capped near 60 feet with a ₹15 registration.
- Operations are conducted under DGCA oversight with licensed pilots, DGCA-certified maintenance, mandatory safety gear and fuel reserves at least double the planned flight time.
- Two balloons completed trial flights on January 14 from Jalamandali Park toward Osman Nagar, and fire services have deployed tenders, quick-response vehicles, fire bikes and personnel at Parade Ground, Gandipet and Qutb Shahi Tombs locations.