Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Anyone looking to ditch Amtrak or the long commutes to and from La Guardia, JFK, or Newark Airport when traveling between New York City and Washington, D.C., will now have another option a float plane. Tailwind Air will start flying two daily flights between the Skyport Marina near East 23rd Street in Manhattan and College Park Airport just outside D.C. The plane will take off from the water in New York and land on the runway at the Suburban D.C. airport in College Park, Maryland. Tailwind said the flights will operate using eight-seat Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft. The flight time will be between 80-90 minutes and cost $395 one-way. The airline is touting the ease of the smaller planes, saying passengers have up until 10 minutes before departure to check in for the flight. "When factoring in the full journey one hour and twenty minutes in the air (comparable to DCA-LGA service except with no need to access crow
Now, you and I can add Boston to Provincetown and New York. These planes seat up to 8 people, and also fly to and from Plymouth, Bridgeport, Connecticut, East Hampton in the posh Hamptons, Montauk on the very end of Long Island, and Shelter Island in New York.
Now, you and I can add Boston to Provincetown and New York. These planes seat up to 8 people, and also fly to and from Plymouth, Bridgeport, Connecticut, East Hampton in the posh Hamptons, Montauk on the very end of Long Island, and Shelter Island in New York.