Owner closes Boston's only commercial heliport

From: The Boston Globe | Date: April 3, 1999| Author: Richard Kindleberger, Globe Staff | Copyright information

The city lost its only commercial heliport yesterday as the facility's owner closed the operation in anticipation of the site being taken for the new convention center.

Boston Heliport Inc. will no longer operate at C and Fargo streets in South Boston, and president Robert Coyne was not optimistic that it will find a new home anywhere else.

"My concern is there'll never be another heliport in the city," he said. Emergency medical flights run by Boston MedFlight, the Heliport's bi...

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