Uber’s $200 helicopter taxi: Manhattan to JFK airport in 8 minutes flat
Need to get to the airport fast? In case you missed it, Uber now offers a helicopter service from downtown Manhattan to JFK airport in just 8 minutes.
For $200US, do you think it is worth the price?
Here’s what a typical trip looks like:
- Book your Uber Copter trip with the Uber app — you’ll see Copter as an option if your journey starts within the designated zone. This can be done up to five days in advance, or just 30 minutes before your flight.
- An Uber car will pick you up from your location and bring you to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
- At the heliport, you’ll check in and watch a 90-second safety video before boarding. “This process is intended to take as little time as possible as Uber Copter is meant to provide time savings for people to get between Lower Manhattan and JFK, and vice versa,” an Uber spokesperson told CNBC in an email.
- Embark on your eight-minute chopper ride to JFK airport, where you’ll land at a helipad near Terminal 8.
- There, an Uber car will take you to your departure terminal.
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Perfect option , at the end time is money … money is time , so if you are late and have a flight to catch …instead of losing hours for the next flight , time vs money … if you can afford it .. why not ?
THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. WHO THE HELL HAS A HELIPAD AT THEIR HOUSE???🤔🤔🤔 SO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE A UBER FLY AN UBER 🤨🤨 😂😂😂
Uber is stupid, f**k uber
How about JFK to 10950?
This is a worthless and wasteful service. It takes me half an hour to get to my terminal at JFK by lyft or uber from my home. Taking an uber to a helicopter to then take another uber would not save me nearly enough time compared to how long a straight ride to the airport would be. I already live in manhattan too. If someone lived in another borough it would waste even more time to be driven to the manhattan helipad. This is absolutely ridiculous.
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