Blade expands Los Angeles coverage
Off the back of the proposed crackdown on charter and air-taxi flights across New York City, the city’s air-taxi booking platform Blade has announced that it is expanding its presence in Los Angeles. Blade...
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New York State of Flying
UPDATE: Flight restrictions over New York City right now are exclusively limiting Helicopter Tourism flights. New York Helicopter operates exclusively tourism flights and the NYCEDEC’s measures to reduce helicopter noise are currently limited to...
Blade partners with American Airlines for airport transfers
New-York based helicopter booking platform Blade has partnered with American Airlines to provide airport transfers to and from JFK and LAX. Blade offers airport transfers as part of its Blade BOUNCE service which offers...
Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade deal
Sikorsky’s New York based charter subsidiary AAG has struck a deal with helicopter-booking platform Blade to provide and operate an S76C+ on Blade’s service. Many of Sikorsky’s contemporaries – including Bell and Airbus –...
American helicopter app takes service to Mumbai
Blade, a helicopter-ride app launched in 2014, has announced plans to extend its service to India’s financial capital Mumbai. This will be the company’s first route outside the United States, where it offers customers...
Blade raises $38 million, partners with Airbus
It has been a busy week for Blade. The privately-owned online helicopter charter company has raised $38 million from its second round of financing and has partnered with Airbus to manage the Airbus Ride...
Airbus Helicopters partners with Blade to boost Urban Air Mobility business
Las Vegas, 28 February 2018 – Airbus Helicopters and Fly Blade, Inc. (“Blade”), a digitally-powered aviation leader servicing 22 core routes in 7 U.S. states, have signed a strategic partnership to develop new premium...
Blade partners with Uber for Coachella festival helicopter charter service
Blade the New York-based private helicopter service has partnered with transport app company Uber to provide charter flights to the Coachella music festival in California. The flight, which can be purchased through either provider...