Bird Group, a conglomerate of diversified companies with interests in luxury retail and the travel and information technology arena, launched Bird Segway Personal Transporter (PT) in India, through a nation-wide distribution partnership with Segway Inc. The brand would be known as Bird Segway in India, a unit of Bird Retail Pvt Ltd.
Speaking about the tie-up, Ankur Bhatia, executive director, Bird Group, said: “Bird Segway Personal Transporter is going to simplify personal travel in places that are impractical. The personal transportation segment is new to India and will be beneficial for operations at airports, police patrolling, tourism purposes and large industrial campuses."