New York Airways

This article is about the helicopter airline. For the 1980s startup airline, see New York Air.
New York Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
NY NY[1] NEW YORK
Founded1949
Ceased operations1979
Focus citiesNew York City
DestinationsSee Destinations below
Parent companySee Fleet below
HeadquartersLaGuardia Airport
Flushing, New York, United States
S-61 JFK Airport 1970

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]

  1. ^ Klee, Ulrich; Bucher (1978). JP Airline-Fleets International (78 ed.). Switzerland: Editions JP. ISBN 3857581123.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. May 3, 1957. 608.
  4. ^ airliners.net, New York Airways DHC-6 Twin Otter photos
  5. ^ timetableimages.com, New York Airways July 7, 1969 system timetable