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| Founded | 1949 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1979 | ||||||
| Focus cities | New York City | ||||||
| Destinations | See Destinations below | ||||||
| Parent company | See Fleet below | ||||||
| Headquarters | LaGuardia Airport Flushing, New York, United States | ||||||
New York Airways was an American helicopter airline in the New York City area, founded in 1949 as a mail and cargo carrier. On 9 July 1953 it may have been the first scheduled helicopter airline to carry passengers in the United States, with headquarters at LaGuardia Airport.[2][3] Although primarily a helicopter airline operator with scheduled passenger operations, New York Airways also flew fixed wing aircraft, such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 19-passenger STOL twin turboprop aircraft.[4][5]
- ^ Klee, Ulrich; Bucher (1978). JP Airline-Fleets International (78 ed.). Switzerland: Editions JP. ISBN 3857581123.
- ^ No other helicopter airlines in the world were carrying passengers at that time, but BEA had scheduled passenger flights on S-51s starting in 1950. American Aviation 1 July 1947 p15 says Skyway was carrying passengers to Boston Airport on S-51s in 1947.
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. May 3, 1957. 608.
- ^ airliners.net, New York Airways DHC-6 Twin Otter photos
- ^ timetableimages.com, New York Airways July 7, 1969 system timetable
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