An embattled helicopter-tour company announced Monday that it would no longer let passengers bring their dogs on its controversial, “doors off” flights.

The move came just hours after a front-page Post report highlighted the shocking practice.

In a prepared statement, FlyNYON CEO Pat Day said that “effective immediately, we will no longer be flying dogs or animals in any of our open-door flights.”

Day also blasted critics who he said “deliberately misconstrued” the flights, which were publicized during a Sunday news conference held by US Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York).

“At no point has FlyNYON ever, or would ever, endanger the safety of animals and put them in a position for potential abuse,” Day said.

Day claimed that a FlyNYON marketing campaign that targeted dog owners with half-price tickets “has raised over $25,000 to help save the lives of dogs, cats and other animals.”

“That was our sole intent and it’s unfortunate that some people have ruined a safe and successful fundraiser,” he said.

At Sunday’s news conference, animal-rights activists from the Humane Society of the United States and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called the flights “cruel and inhumane” and said they created the potential for disaster if a dog panicked mid-flight.

Schumer, who has repeatedly criticized FlyNYON since a deadly crash last year, responded to Monday’s announcement by saying the company hadn’t gone far enough.

“These dangerous doors-off flights are meant for professional photographers – not social media enthusiasts and their innocent dogs,” Schumer said in a prepared statement.

“Now that FlyNYON says they’ll do right by the animals, they should consider the same for people and axe the dangerous doors-off flights altogether before more lives are lost.”

FlyNYON offered the canine rides amid federal probes and wrongful-death suits over the East River wreck that killed all five passengers on March 11, 2018.

The doomed chopper was owned and operated by Liberty Helicopters, whose pilot, Richard Vance, bailed out before it sank.