Skip the airport: A new seaplane service will take people from Boston to Provincetown
People who want to get to Provincetown from either Boston or New York City will soon have a new option besides the traditional ferries, planes or buses.
Starting May 25, they will also be able to get to Provincetown by seaplane.
Tailwind Air, the only commercial seaplane service in the Northeast, recently announced the new route in a news release.
“Our customers who fly on our New York-to-Boston route have asked for this route really since the day we started, and we’re hoping to see it,” said Tailwind Air co-founder Peter Manice in a phone interview.
Direct flights will be available between Boston Harbor at Fan Pier Marina and Provincetown Harbor as well as one-stop flights and direct flights between Skyport Marina at East 23rd St. in Manhattan and Provincetown Harbor.
From dock to dock, the flight from Boston Harbor to Provincetown Harbor will take about 35 minutes. To travel from Boston, passengers would take a water taxi from Fan Pier Marina to a nearby Tailwind Air seaplane. The seaplane would take off from a channel adjacent to Logan Airport and land outside Provincetown Harbor. A water taxi would then take them to the Provincetown Marina, the news release said.
Planes are also capable of taking off and landing on land if the weather requires it.
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According to Tailwind Air, taking a seaplane from Boston to Provincetown would cut peak travel times by more than 60%. A Boston-to-Provincetown ferry ride takes about 90 minutes, while a bus can take more than three hours.
A flight from Logan Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport can take about 30 minutes, though one would have to go through airport check-ins and security. Tailwind Air travel enables a passenger to arrive 10 minutes before their flight, said company spokesperson Shelly Andrews.
The flights are scheduled to begin May 25 and end Sept. 6, Flights from Boston to Provincetown start at $275. These are semi-private flights with eight passengers per flight.
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Other destinations from the Boston Harbor base include Plymouth and East Hampton, Long Island, New York.
One of Tailwind Air’s main functions is to serve as a commuter service between Boston and New York.
"I think people are very excited. It’s shown by some of the advanced sales that we have," Manice said. "We think it's great in the summer to expand our wings and serve some of Boston’s most popular summer getaways."
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This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Tailwind Air seaplane connects Boston to Provincetown in 35 minutes
