About Me

I’m Ankit — co-founder & CEO at OnArrival. I write here about travel tech, Indian aviation & what building actually looks like from the inside.

Hey there, if you didn’t know my name till now, I will be disappointed like Walter White from Breaking Bad saying, “Say my name!” — a travel tech founder by day, and aspiring to be in the gym by… slightly later in the day.

What I do now

I’m the co-founder & CEO of OnArrival. We build a travel infrastructure layer that lets anyone embed travel, on any interface — yet personalised for every user. Think of it as AWS for travel, but with less jargon & more innovation. We’re backed by Antler, and if you’ve booked a flight inside your credit-card app in India lately, there’s a decent chance you’ve already used something we built.

Where I come from

I come from a family of modest means & had never flown before 26 — my first flight was the move from Mumbai to Bengaluru to join Cleartrip. Five years & a Dubai posting later, I was running their Experiences business for the UAE. Before all that there was tushky.com — a startup that taught me what running out of money feels like. The longer story is here.

The internet knows me for other things

In some circles, I am the guy who got Amul to release a statement that they don’t have cheese named ‘Sharam’ & the reason everyone got free dhaniya on Blinkit. I stand by both.

Featured in

Skift — Q&A: Why Travel Needs a New Platform Built for an Open Ecosystem· BW Disrupt — OnArrival raises pre-seed from Antler India

Get in touch

If you’re a bank or fintech thinking about travel, an engineer who wants in, or an investor — ankit@onarrival.travel. Also accepting good no-show refund stories. I’m on X & LinkedIn.

These essays aren’t a side project. They’re the thinking underneath what we’re building at OnArrival — the same arguments I’d make in a partner meeting, just written down.

Welcome to your layover to the world of travel, tech, and unfiltered thoughts. Buckle up; it’s going to be a great ride!

(Updated July 2026)