Chicago Air Taxi
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https://dronedj.com/2023/03/23/archer-united-announce-air-taxi-link-between-chicago-and-ohare/
Link to videoCalifornia electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) developer Archer Aviation has extended its partnership with longtime investor United Airlines in a deal that will launch air taxi services between downtown Chicago and O’Hare International airport – the second route in a planned US network.
The news follows the announcement last November of Archer starting air taxi flights for United passengers between the airline’s Newwark, NJ hub and downtown Manhattan. As with its planned Chicago services, those New York shuttles are scheduled to begin sometime in 2025, the same year the eVTOL plane maker plans to commence broader aerial operations.
Archer’s Chicago air taxi link will connect United’s O’Hare hub with the vertiport in the Illinois Medical District, near the Loop. That route promises to cut the trip between the two spots down to around 10 minutes, compared to the hour-plus slog it can often take in heavy traffic.
The partners are adopting the same strategy for their Chicago activity as they did in New York. Initial routes will focus on providing fast, safe, and non-polluting transportation between city centers and airports, with additional routes – known as “trunks” – being branched out from there to surrounding communities.
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Nice. We used to have helicopter service from midtown to LGA. I don’t think it’s there anymore.
@jon-nyc said in Chicago Air Taxi:
Nice. We used to have helicopter service from midtown to LGA. I don’t think it’s there anymore.
Remember this?
In 1977, Five Were Killed In Helicopter Accident Atop Midtown's Pan Am Building
On May 16th, 1977, a New York Airways helicopter killed five people in Manhattan. While it did not crash, it did tip over as it sat idling on the heliport atop the Pan Am Building (now the MetLife Building, at 200 Park Ave) in Midtown. This caused the aircraft to come apart—as it tipped over a large rotor blade snapped off and, as the NY Times described it the next day, "slashed people to death before coming to rest 59 stories below and a block away on Madison Avenue." The first four victims were on the roof, the fifth was on the street below. Others suffered non-fatal injuries.
