Weaving by Manhattan's busy site visitors generally is a ache — particularly for vacationers speeding to catch a flight. However now, passenge
Weaving by Manhattan’s busy site visitors generally is a ache — particularly for vacationers speeding to catch a flight. However now, passengers starved for time have an alternative choice: Uber’s helicopter taxi service.
The Uber Copter, which was rolled out to all customers on October 7, zips passengers from decrease Manhattan to John F. Kennedy (JFK) Worldwide Airport with an eight-minute chopper journey.
Every journey comes with a $200-$225 price ticket, relying on demand. Rides on the five-seater helicopter can be found on weekday afternoons from 2-6 p.m.
A full Uber Copter journey contains two journeys of floor transportation and a helicopter journey.
Here is what a typical journey appears to be like like:
- E book your Uber Copter journey with the Uber app — you will see Copter as an choice in case your journey begins throughout the designated zone. This may be performed as much as 5 days upfront, or simply 30 minutes earlier than your flight.
- An Uber automotive will decide you up out of your location and produce you to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
- On the heliport, you will test in and watch a 90-second security video earlier than boarding. “This course of is meant to take as little time as potential as Uber Copter is supposed to supply time financial savings for folks to get between Decrease Manhattan and JFK, and vice versa,” an Uber spokesperson instructed CNBC in an e-mail.
- Embark in your eight-minute chopper journey to JFK airport, the place you will…