LUCKY residents of Bangkok will this week be treated to a free helicopter tour of their city, courtesy of popular ride-sharing service Uber.
Known around the world for its peer-to-peer car-sharing product and for upsetting local cabbies, Uber will introduce UberCopter in a one-day free trial.
UberChopper, as it is also known, will be available on demand this Sunday from 11.00 to 15.00.
Customers request a chopper ride on the Uber app and if the request is accepted, the customer and a friend will be picked up in a Mercedes-Benz car to take them to the helicopter, and then taken on a tour of the Thai capital.
Bangkok is the first city in South-east Asia to have UberCopter.
