The iOS and Android will cause the helicopter (video)

For iOS and Android appeared the application to call the helicopter, similar to Uber, and Yandex.Taxi". Through the app you can book a helicopter with a private pilot, certified by the Federal aviation administration.

In new York began a beta test special application to call a helicopter with a private pilot. The application called Gotham Air while you can use 2.5 thousand users of iOS and Android. Taxi asks for their own services approximately 219 dollars from one person.

Gotham Air applies only helicopter company Helicopter Flight Services, and pilots are certified by the Federal aviation administration of the United States. In test mode the order of the helicopter works from 8 am to 20 PM and takes passengers only in airports Kennedy and Newark. In the future, the number of delivery points will increase, and it will be round the clock.

A passenger can book a place in the helicopter, but the flight will not take place if on the same helicopter't want to get another 3 inhabitant of our planet. In addition, if the weather is bad - the passenger will have to wait for auto Tesla S with a driver.

Attempts to create an air taxi has already been made. In 2014, rapper Jay-Z and actor Ashton Kutcher funded project Blackjet, however he has not passed the stage of starting marketing, reports Gizmodo. In 2004 appeared similar project US Helicopter, but he went bankrupt in 2009. Gotham Air differs from past projects, convenience call, and lower cost.

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