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A helicopter operator plans to launch an air taxi service based at a suburban Phoenix airport starting in mid-January.
Jim Ravens, manager of the Silver State Helicopters' flight school's Arizona operations, said he expects 15-minute flights between Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to be his service's bread and butter.
Ravens said the plan is to create a network of helicopter flights connecting all the Phoenix area airports, similar to one in the Los Angeles area.
"I've had people say they're surprised nobody's done this before, that it's long overdue," he said.
Ravens said he hoped to keep the cost of a one-way trip to Sky Harbor below $100. But he also expects to offer flights to any other major metro Phoenix destination that has enough room to set up a landing pad, such as the new Arizona Cardinals stadium in Glendale.
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