They weren't, if you read my post above they were always a photo flight from the start with no doors, something that was not being offered anywhere else. They weren't part of a cookie cutter around Manhattan flight like a normal tour flight - they went where the pax wanted to go. Its irrelevant if the pax was a journalist or a professional photographer, thats not who the flights were targeted at. They were targeted towards those with an interest in photography either professional or amateur.