We all know about the terrible construction on the Kennedy Expressway and now pretty soon you can take an air taxi to O'Hare Airport!
United Airlines and Archer Aviation plan to launch the city’s first air taxi in 2025 to get people on the Near West Side to O’Hare in about 10 minutes, company officials announced in a news release last week.
The route would go from Vertiport Chicago, a helicopter landing and takeoff facility at 1339 S. Wood St., to the airport, bypassing construction on the Kennedy Expressway that’s expected to last three years.
The endeavor is billed as an alternative route in getting to the airport that’s “safe, sustainable, low noise and cost-competitive” to taking an Uber or Lyft during rush hour, company officials said.
United has invested $10 million in Archer’s Midnight electric aircraft, which fits four passengers and flies up to 150 mph, reducing hourlong commutes to minutes, according to the company website.
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