New York Helicopter
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| Founded | July 1980 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | April 15, 1988 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | Island Helicopters | ||||||
| Headquarters | East 34th Street Heliport | ||||||
| Key people | Reed Phillips (CEO)[1] | ||||||
New York Helicopter was an American helicopter transportation company, formed in July 1980 and fully owned and operated as a subsidiary of Island Helicopter Corporation. It provided scheduled service from Manhattan's East 34th Street Heliport on the East River and the three major metro New York airports: Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark. The company also provided sightseeing and private charter operations.[1][2]
An unrelated sightseeing company named New York Helicopter (also known as New York Helicopter Tours and New York Helicopter Charter) began in the 1990s and was still operating in 2025.[3][4]
Fleet
The original 1980–1988 company operated:[1]
- two Sikorsky S-58s
- two Aérospatiale AS 350s
- seven Aérospatiale SA 360s
See also
References
- ^ a b c Flight International, October 9, 1982, page 1026.
- ^ Flight International, February 7, 1981, page 332.
- ^ "5 Tourists and Pilot Killed When Helicopter Crashes Into Hudson River". The New York Times. April 10, 2025.
- ^ "New York Helicopter". Archived from the original on April 14, 2025.