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NYC Executives Commuting to Work by Air From Vacation Homes

Blade’s monthly commuter passes from Hamptons have sold out
‘Just not comfortable’ having my family in NY, a commuter says

Among Blade’s flight clients -- largely senior-level executives -- 80% already had a place outside the city prior to the pandemic.Source: Blade Urban Air Mobility

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By Oshrat Carmiel

October 30, 2020 at 3:01 PM UTC

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To get a sense of how -- and where -- New York City’s financial executives are living these days, Rob Wiesenthal might be a better source than the Census bureau.

Sometime around August, Wiesenthal, co-founder of a private helicopter and seaplane business, noticed an unusual travel pattern among clients, many with second homes in the Hamptons and the Hudson Valley, where they’d been living since pandemic-related lockdowns began in March.