NYC Gets 12-Minute Helicopter for Suburbanites Avoiding Gridlock

Traffic’s back, train delays are all too common and city politics have been boiling over. A new commuter helicopter route is aimed at offering New Yorkers a quick escape hatch.

Blade Air Mobility, now part of Joby Aviation Inc., is starting a pilot service Dec. 1 connecting Manhattan with Westchester County Airport. The weekday flights are aimed at workers who crave the suburbs but are being called back to the office every day. Estimated travel time: 12 minutes.

A Blade helicopter flies over New York City.

Source: Blade

“With the return of the five-day work week and traffic between the Greater New York City suburbs and Manhattan now ...