Hate dealing with traffic, and have a big chunk of money just burning up in your pocket? You’ll soon be able to summon a helicopter ride using Uber, as part of partnership between the ride-hailing company and aircraft manufacturer Airbus.
Uber and Airbus will provide on-demand flights with H125 and H130 helicopters, starting with a test of the service during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, which starts Jan. 21. Don’t get excited about the idea of a chopper landing on the front lawn, either, as Uber will send a car to pick up clients for their helicopter rides.
“Its a pilot project, we’ll see where it goes—but it’s pretty exciting,” Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders told The Wall Street Journal at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich.
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