NY based Aviation Startup BLADE Starting India Operation to Create Your Own Crowdsourced Flights
5 Dec 2018 1:37 AM GMT
New York, U.S-based Blade, an aviation startup co-founded by former Sony and Warner Music Group executive Rob Wiesenthal and GroupMe co-founder Steve Martocci, is starting its operations in India in March 2019, with its maiden flight taking off between Mumbai and Pune. Touted as "Uber-for-Helipcopters", BLADE is a
- New York, U.S-based Blade , an aviation startup co-founded by former Sony and Warner Music Group executive R ob Wiesenthal and GroupMe co-founder Steve Martocci, is starting its operations in India in March 2019, with its maiden flight taking off between Mumbai and Pune.
- Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of BLADE, told a business daily that that charter flights between Mahalaxmi and Shirdi currently costs around $8,000 but by using BLADE’s application, one can share the helicopter ride by booking a single seat.
- BLADE has roped in Amar Abrol, a former CEO and MD of AirAisa, to head the India operations and will be CEO of BALDE India unit.
- Backed by prestigious American investors including Colony Northstar, Raine Ventures and David Zaslav, President & CEO of the TV channel Discovery, BLADE has raised a total of $44 million in funding over three rounds.
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