Bonke abathengi be-Uber eNew York City ngoku banokuthatha ihelikopta ukusuka edolophini yeManhattan ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy ngesiXhobo seHlabathi nge-app yokwabelana ngesabelo.

Ngoku ka IBloomberg , Uber waqala ukuvavanya inkonzo yeshutile yehelikopta phakathi kwedolophu yedolophu iManhattan kunye neJFK Airport ngoJulayi 9. Umndilili wokuhamba uza kubiza phakathi kwe- $ 200 kunye ne- $ 225 ngomntu ngamnye kuxhomekeke kwimfuno kwaye kuya kuthatha malunga nemizuzu esibhozo ukusuka ekuphakamiseni ukuchukumisa. Le ntlawulo ibandakanya ukukhwela kwe-Uber ukuya edolophini yehelipad, uhambo olufutshane oluya eJFK, kunye nolunye uhambo lwe-Uber kwisiphelo sakho seJFK.

Ekuqaleni, le nkonzo yayifumaneka kuphela kubasebenzisi be-Uber abaphezulu, kodwa inkonzo ye-Uber Copter ivulelwe bonke abathengi kule veki.

Ukuqhuba ukusuka edolophu yedolophu iManhattan ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kungathatha malunga neyure, ngamanye amaxesha kufutshane nezimbini, kuxhomekeke kwimeko yezithuthi. Ngokuka-Uber, inkonzo kufuneka inciphise ixesha lokuhamba ukuya kwisiqingatha seyure, kubandakanya nokuhanjiswa komhlaba.

Olu luhambo oluhamba kakhulu ngabahambi abaninzi ngosuku, kwaye sibona ithuba lokubasindisa ixesha elininzi kulo, u-Eric Allison, intloko ye-Uber Elevate (icandelo lenkampani elihamba emoyeni), uxelelwe INew York Times .

Nangona inkonzo inconywa ngu-Uber njengesigcina-xesha somhambi oxakekileyo, uhambo olupheleleyo oluya e-JFK luthathe malunga nemizuzu engama-70 xa I-Reuters yayivavanya kule veki.

Iiofisi zeReuters zibekwe eMidtown Manhattan, indawo engafakwanga kwindawo yeenkonzo ze-Uber Copter & apos. An Isithethi sika-Uber sixelele iReuters , 'Uber Copter ayizukuvela njengenketho kwi-app ukuba ungaphandle kwe-geofence kuba ibingazukubonelela ngokonga ixesha.'

Uber ayingowokuqala ukubonelela ngale nkonzo kwi-NYC. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, iBlade yasungula ukukhwela iihelikopta ukusuka kwiindawo ezininzi eManhattan ukuya kuzo zonke izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zeNYC, kubandakanya iJFK, iLaGuardia kunye neNewark.

'Akukho siqinisekiso sikhulu sesicwangciso seBlade kunye nenombolo ye-1 yokuthengisa endaweni yokungena kuka-Uber kwimakethi yokuHamba kweMoya e-Urban eNew York City,' utshilo uRob Wiesenthal, umphathi weCEO, iBlade Urban Air Mobility, Inc. Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa.

Ukukhwela iBlade kuxabisa i $ 195 ngomntu ngamnye, kwaye uze ne Amava okuphumla ngaphambi kokuhamba ngenqwelomoya oko kubandakanya ukungenisa okucacileyo, amashwamshwam, kunye nokusela i-Berne rosé kwikomityi ye-helikopta. Ukongeza ekubhukeni kwesihlalo, iBlade ikwanikezela iitshathi zabucala kunye neenkonzo zabantu abaninzi .