Cape Air (9K, Hyannis) will begin flying to New York Skyports SPB in May, as its links East Hampton Town and New Haven to the seaplane base which is located at 23rd Street in the city.

"Cape Air's new seaplane service expands our network to include destinations that once lived on a wish list and moves them to reality," the airline said in a statement. The new services are hoped to allow passengers to "skip the hassles of traffic, long lines and a ticking clock" that they currently face with the existing car and ferry journeys.

Operated by the airline's nine-seat Cessna (single turboprop) 208B Grand Caravan EX amphibians, the 21x weekly flights from East Hampton will run from May 27 until September 8 on the 80-nautical mile (147-kilometre) sector. The 4x weekly operation on the 59-nautical mile (109-kilometre) sector from New Haven begins on May 28 and ends on September 5.

According to the ch-aviation schedules module, the route from New York Seaplane Base to East Hampton is currently served by Shoreline Aviation (1980) (New Haven) 2x weekly. The only other scheduled services offered from the downtown airport are 1x weekly to Montauk and 5x weekly to Provincetown, again flown by Shoreline.