Jody Victor Horizons Travel News: A helicopter commuter line — the nation's first in more than two decades — debuted Monday, offering passengers the advantages of soaring over street gridlock and bypassing long lines at check-in and security counters. The U.S. Helicopter Corp.'s service to John F. Kennedy International Airport is aimed at corporate executives and other business travelers who hate to waste up to two hours in limousines and taxis. The flight between Wall Street and the American Airlines terminal at JFK takes eight minutes. But the one-way cost — $139 now and $20 more after May 1 — does not guarantee VIP treatment by Transportation Security Administration screeners at the lower Manhattan heliport. Even the well-heeled may still have to remove their shoes.

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