Originally Posted by
joejones
I wouldn't go as far as to say "not even close." The trip apparently took NickW 50 minutes from door to door. On the new Skyliner, it's about 40 minutes from the platform at Nippori or Keisei Ueno to the platform at T2. Factoring in the cab ride you are maybe looking at 1:10 door to door.
Sure you save.20 minutes with the chopper, but it seems like you also lose 20 minutes dealing with the hassle of intermodal transfers, security checks etc. along the way.
FWIW, a former boss of mine claims that it's even faster to take his Ferrari on the Higashi-Kanto outbound at 6 AM.
I would say 40% faster is "Not Even Close".
Intermodal transfers consist of a car waiting helicopter-side to take you to the check-in counter. Screening consists of a a wanding prior to ascending the stairs to the helipad. you may lose a minute or two (literally). About the smae time it takes on the escalators at NRT Term. 1 station. Definitely I would say, "Not Even Close".
Now if they could simply get UA some routes out of HND I could cut my home to airport time even further.