Flights between Manhattan and JFK to start again
Extract from Reuters news agency report:
Helicopter flights between Manhattan, JFK to start
New York's first commercial airport helicopter service in over 20 years is scheduled to start regular flights next month, giving deep pocketed New York travelers a way of skipping traffic as well as security lines.
US Helicopter said its eight-passenger helicopters will fly starting March 13 from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport at Wall Street to American Airlines' domestic terminal at JFK Average flight time eight minutes.
The last service, 20 years ago, was operated by the now defunct Pan American World Airways.
Passengers will be security screened at the heliport in Manhattan, rather than at one of American's JFK terminals.
In April, the service in US Helicopter's Sikorsky SL 76 helicopters will be expanded to a second heliport on East 34th Street, with the city's other two airports, La Guardia and Liberty International in Newark, New Jersey to be eventually added as well, US Helicopter said.