[crazygringo]

> from Manhattan to JFK and Newark Liberty Airports cut the travel time from 2-hours to 6 minutes for about the same price as many black cars

A helicopter flight is cool, sure...

...but "2 hours" is complete nonsense. Even if traffic is terrible, you can always take LIRR+AirTrain from Penn Station to JFK for less than $15, and it's basically guaranteed to take 35 min or less, straight to your desired terminal. Heck, I took it this morning, and there was a new train every 10 min.

And most people are going to find it quicker to get to Penn St than to get to the heliport in the first place, so it doesn't even have an advantage there...

[yahelc]

35 minutes is a stretch. Starting at Penn Station, Google Maps has 52m as the minimum and 1h11m as the max.

And that's from Penn Station. Add the time it takes to get to Penn Station from where you're going, it can easily be between 1h30m and 2h. I did this trip yesterday, and from where I started in Soho until the airport, it was 1h45m.

[lmm]

Sure, but are you going to be able to get to the helipad any quicker than getting to Penn?

[yahelc]

There's only one way to find out.

[colinbartlett]

I fly regularly out of JFK and live in Manhattan. I always take a cab out of convenience and it almost always takes less than an hour. But it's consitently the worst hour of my trip. I dread that leg more than the flight, the airport, anything.

This is absolutely a service I would use, provided it's $100 per person max. If it turns out to be $300 after the intro period then forget about it.

[avree]

35 minutes or less? I've never managed to make the trek in less than an hour, regardless of what means of transit I employ.