In August 2016, Blade partnered with T-Mobile to create a same-day Hamptons beach experience. Utilizing a nine-passenger Cessna Grand Caravan turboprop plane from Boston to the island, Blade was able to cover the 90-mile distance in 40 minutes. In partnership with Uber Boston, Blade launched Uber Air over Memorial Day 2016 with scheduled flights between Boston and the Blade Lounge in Nantucket. Īt the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2016, Blade partnered with Uber to offer Uberchopper powered by Blade, a helicopter service between Los Angeles and Coachella Valley at the Thermal Airport. Notable passengers included The Chainsmokers, Tiesto and Deadmau5. They created a lounge located in a residence on a private farm and offered heli transfers from Salt Lake City International Airport to the property, located minutes from downtown.ĭuring the 2016 Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida, Blade partnered with Yachtlife to power a by-the-seat boat shuttle between South Beach and the Artist Dock at the festival. ĭuring the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Blade provided jet service on the BLADEone jet between NYC and the festival. A 14-passenger Gulfstream G400 operates this flight. īLADEone offered direct service between New York City and Aspen, being the only direct service between those two locations. For passengers who booked two round trip flights on BLADEone, a complimentary room at the Faena was included in addition to ground transportation between the hotel and Blade Lounge Miami. In partnership with the Faena Hotel Blade again launched their One-Click weekend. BLADEone uniforms were designed by Cynthia Rowley and Sarah Jessica Parker and dubbed as the “chicest uniforms of all time". In November 2016, Blade announced their second season of BLADEone, utilizing a Bombardier CRJ 200 commercial airline jet typically configured for 65 passengers, but retrofitted for 16. In September 2015 during the UN General Assembly and Pope Francis’s visit to NYC in 2015, Blade offered a 6 minute cross town shuttle departing every 15 minutes. Seating 12 passengers, the service aims to offer an experience that is far more luxurious than conventional air travel, including amenities such as meals designed by gourmet chefs. Utilizing a Gulfstream IV jet, the inaugural flight took place on December 3 in conjunction with Art Basel. In December 2015, Blade expanded its offerings and launched BLADEone, a seasonal by-the-seat jet service between Manhattan and Miami or Manhattan and Aspen. Over the 2014 Fourth of July weekend, Blade partnered with Uber to power UberChopper, a service that allowed Uber users to book a helicopter through their mobile application to The Hamptons. Wiesenthal and launched on Memorial Day (May 26) of 2014, with service between Manhattan, Southampton, East Hampton, and Montauk. īlade Entrance to West 30th Street Heliportīlade was founded by Robert S.
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Previously flyers had to find a charter and then negotiate a price and determine how to split the cost with other passengers. The app permits flyers to book a seat on what appears to be a scheduled flight at a set price but is in fact air charters. Blade also operates hospitality suites in black-painted buildings at various heliport sites. The aircraft are owned and operated by third parties and operate as Air Charters. Īlthough the Blade logo is emblazoned on some black-painted aircraft (most of which are helicopters), the company does not own or operate the aircraft. It allows users of its app to book seats on scheduled flights throughout the Northeast and West Coast of the United States, and also arrange private charter flights. It offers an urban air mobility platform. (stylized " BLADE") is a publicly traded company in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. Mobile application, Helicopter transfer, Helicopter charter, Scheduled air service, SaaS aviation technologiesīLADE Air Mobility, Inc. Melissa Tomkiel, Will Heyburn, Brandon Keene, Amir Cohen
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