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> The Palo Alto to SFO one doesn't really help you get into the city because much of the traffic you'd have to drive through is between SFO and downtown

I don't think they target PA<->SF traffic. This looks more like a last mile connection for people who want to get to Palo Alto, from outside of bay area. Given how many VCs are there, there's some potential market for it.

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Still, PAO is not close to Stanford nor Sand Hill offices if you have to drive through congestion to get there. It would be faster to Uber from SFO to Palo Alto via 280 once you factor in getting on/off your shared helicopter ride.

I met a guy who commuted daily from Hollister to PAO with a plane he flew. With offices a bit further north, I could see SFO being the best option for him.

Checking Google Maps:

1) SFO to Downtown PA: 30 mins 2) Palo Alto Airport to Downtown PA: 15 minutes

for $250 one way? Better be some pretty good VCs/Lawyers to pay an extra ~$400 round trip.

I've flown a Cessna 182 into KPAO from Livermore for a couple of VC meetings. It takes about 20 minutes (mostly taxiing time). At rush hour getting between downtown and the airport (and waiting for the Lyft to get to the airport) usually took longer than the flight. Still better than a 2 hour drive though.

30min outside of rush hours. More like 1h in rush hours. If they can also cut down time needed to walk around SFO, it could be probably 1h+ win.

I'm not saying that this is a good business and they'll have lots of clients. But there's some possibility of it.

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