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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by larrys on Thursday January 22, 2015 @07:37PM (#8932735)
"Aircraft capacity is 5 (maybe 6)."

Another issue is if they are flying to JFK the idea is you are taking a flight obviously out of JFK. So given that helis are small and weight sensitive I wonder if the app collects that info and/or what the baggage restrictions are.

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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday January 22, 2015 @07:59PM (#8932816)
The pictured helicopter looks like a 407, useful load ~2200 lbs. http://bellhelicopter.com/en_US/Commercial/Bell407GX/1296721...
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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by TheHippo on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:26PM (#8933238)
You are correct. First paragraph of the website:

> A beautiful new Bell 407 helicopter is just minutes away!

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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday January 22, 2015 @11:04PM (#8933339)
D'oh!
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