Ashley Feinberg covered a service that aims to be the Uber for helicopters in New York City:

A typical flight on the service costs $219, a bargain compared to the $1,000 cost of chartering your own helicopter.

For the ride to work at least three (and up to five) other people have to have booked it at the same time.

At launch the service will run from 8am to 8pm, but the plan is to ultimately make it 24 hours a day.

The only two destinations at the moment are the major airports in the area.

Passengers can wait for their ride in a lounge at the heliport with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

Upon boarding they’ll be offered a pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones to make for a more pleasant ride.

Read other attempts at the same idea, why the service will probably fail, its founder’s dreams for it, and much more here.

Source: Gizmodo