195 dollars, the price of a flight taxi ride to reach New York airport

[Le chiffre de GEO] 195 dollars is the price paid by an American journalist to reach New York airport by helicopter taxi. The real cost, environmental, is elsewhere, and it’s the planet that’s at stake.

16 miles, or 25 kilometers, separates the center of New York from JFK Airport. This trip, when done in a taxi, can last more than an hour depending on traffic conditions and will cost the passenger up to a hundred dollars. For smaller budgets and the more ecologically conscious, the same thing by train costs around $20.

5 minutes to get to the airport

The wealthiest have another option, details the Washington Post: borrowing a Blade helicopter, an air taxi company. The company offers flights to JFK or Newark Airport, which they promise their customers will arrive in 5 minutes. The company, with founder and CEO Rob Wiesenthal, is also the largest air carrier of human organs in the United States.

The Washington Post had fun sharing the experience of one of its journalists: the woman, who had to go to the airport, ordered a ride on Blade, confident (…)