Blade’s record Q2 revenues ‘show the plan is working’news Yves Le Marquand 11 Aug 23 0Blade’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… Read more
LCI orders 50 Alia eVTOLs from Betanews Alasdair Whyte 27 Apr 22 0LCI has ordered 50 Alia 250s from eVTOL manufacturer Beta Technologies with an option for up to 125. The leasing company has paid a deposit.… Read more
Blade and Ross Aviation to build vertiport at Westchesternews Alasdair Whyte 12 Jan 21 0Blade 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… Read more
Blade to go public via SPAC at $825mnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Dec 20 0Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital… Read more
Blade expands Los Angeles coveragenews Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 19 0Off 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… Read more
New York State of Flyinginsight Alasdair Whyte 25 Oct 19 0UPDATE: 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… Read more
Blade partners with American Airlines for airport transfersnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Feb 19 0New-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… Read more
Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade dealnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Feb 19 0Sikorsky’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… Read more
American helicopter app takes service to Mumbainews Alasdair Whyte 6 Dec 18 0Blade, 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… Read more
Blade raises $38 million, partners with Airbusnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 18 0It 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… Read more
Airbus Helicopters partners with Blade to boost Urban Air Mobility businessnews Terry Spruce 1 Mar 18 0Las 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,… Read more
Blade partners with Uber for Coachella festival helicopter charter servicenews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0Blade 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.… Read more
