Is Uber Expanding into Air Travel?
On Thursday, New Yorkers will be able to grab a helicopter ride—a damn helicopter ride!—to their Fourth of July weekend destination through Uber.
The on-demand ride service is partnering with a service called Blade, which helps users book helicopter rides from Manhattan to the Hamptons and Montauk on July 3, according to The New York Times. Since we’re talking about helicopter rides, you can probably guess who the promotion is aimed at.
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Uber has offered helicopter rides once before, partnering last year with a larger helicopter company to help rich folk fly around New York.
No word if we can expect Uber to point Boston users in the direction of choppers any time soon. (So, probably not.) We did get Uber boat rides last month, though.
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