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Blade’s record Q2 revenues ‘show the plan is working’

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Yves Le Marquand
11 Aug 23
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Blade’s record second-quarter (Q2) revenues of $61m, up over 70% on the same period last year, “illustrates the value proposition” of its business model, said CEO…

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LCI orders 50 Alia eVTOLs from Beta

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Alasdair Whyte
27 Apr 22
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LCI has ordered 50 Alia 250s from eVTOL manufacturer Beta Technologies with an option for up to 125. The leasing company has paid a deposit.…

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Blade and Ross Aviation to build vertiport at Westchester

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Alasdair Whyte
12 Jan 21
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Blade Urban Air Mobility and Ross Aviation have entered into a strategic alliance to expedite the roll-out of urban air mobility services. Blade plans to…

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Blade to go public via SPAC at $825m

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Alasdair Whyte
16 Dec 20
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Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital…

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Blade expands Los Angeles coverage

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Alasdair Whyte
30 Oct 19
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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…

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New York State of Flying

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Alasdair Whyte
25 Oct 19
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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…

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Blade partners with American Airlines for airport transfers

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Alasdair Whyte
19 Feb 19
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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…

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Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade deal

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Alasdair Whyte
15 Feb 19
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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…

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American helicopter app takes service to Mumbai

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Alasdair Whyte
6 Dec 18
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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…

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Blade raises $38 million, partners with Airbus

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Alasdair Whyte
23 Mar 18
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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…

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Airbus Helicopters partners with Blade to boost Urban Air Mobility business

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Terry Spruce
1 Mar 18
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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,…

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Rob Weisenthal

Blade partners with Uber for Coachella festival helicopter charter service

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Alasdair Whyte
29 Mar 16
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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.…

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