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US Helicopter suspends 8-minute service from airports to NYC
New York jet-setters short on time got some bad news last week. US Helicopter, which previously offered 8-minute helicopter flights from two local airports to Manhattan, announced on Friday that it is suspending service.
The chopper company offered flights for $159 each way from JFK and Newark airports to the Wall Street or Midtown West heli-pads in New York City, but has ceased operations due to insufficient funds. The young company (it's been around for about 3.5 years) has been no stranger to financial troubles. According to Jaunted, they often ran $99 specials to drum up business. Apparently, people just aren't willing to splurge on private helicopter rides, which cost about four times the price of a cab, during a financial crises. Go figure.
But there's still hope for the impatient or super-rich. The company says it's just on hiatus while it gets its "act together" and that it will be back, bigger and better, by November.
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