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Blade’s Will Heyburn on UAM & the eVTOL Market
BLADE started flying in the Summer 2014. Looking back, Blade’s capabilities today are incomparable to those in that first summer. Its simple booking app then, by design scalable / modular, is now a portal handling everything from accounting, operator & passenger communications, regulatory filings, W&B, et al. BLADE was born from an idea CEO Rob Wiesenthal had while at Sony’s corporate flight department. He realized companies were flying one person around alone on helicopters on a regular basis and that there was probably a way to both lower the price and also deliver a better experience.
Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility returns for a second episode of Asian Skycast. This time he speaks with ASG’s Jeffrey Lowe on Blade’s product line and the evolution of UAM & eVTOL. The two talk on Blade’s development over the last six years, how vertical transport technology & medical mobility has been growing, and Blade’s customer support during Covid-19. Will then speaks on the India market and shares his experience on expanding into different markets.
Tune in to hear Will discuss:
The development of Blade, which started six years ago, and the evolution of commercial eVTOL (01:05)
Using Today’s technology to build a reliable “Last-Mile” air travel product (02:00)
What factors Blade considers when choosing the destinations it serves (06:00)
The long-haul services / jet products in Florida and Aspen, Colorado (08:15)
The structure of Blade’s fleet and the idea of ‘customer to cockpit’ (10:10)
How to manage the customer’s experience by developing a “simple” App (11:32)
What charter options Blade’s customers have (13:21)
Shifting its model and methods in light of Covid-19 (14:30)
How Blade adjusts with relative ease (18:30)
What is the route network today versus the route network at the beginning of the year (20:24)
Asking customer questions and putting feedback into action (23:36)
How medical mobility came about (26:20)
Building essential ground connectivity for users to get to and from the airport (27:30)
How Blade India has developed since its launch (31:02)
The next opportunity for Blade in Asia (34:00)
How to show the product is valuable (35:08)
How to prove the business model for vertical transport works and makes sense (37:50)
The regulatory challenges in China to launching eVTOL technology (40:54)
Will shares his view on the European market (42:40)
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BLADE started flying in the Summer 2014. Looking back, Blade’s capabilities today are incomparable to those in that first summer. Its simple booking app then, by design scalable / modular, is now a portal handling everything from accounting, operator & passenger communications, regulatory filings, W&B, et al. BLADE was born from an idea CEO Rob Wiesenthal had while at Sony’s corporate flight department. He realized companies were flying one person around alone on helicopters on a regular basis and that there was probably a way to both lower the price and also deliver a better experience.
Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility returns for a second episode of Asian Skycast. This time he speaks with ASG’s Jeffrey Lowe on Blade’s product line and the evolution of UAM & eVTOL. The two talk on Blade’s development over the last six years, how vertical transport technology & medical mobility has been growing, and Blade’s customer support during Covid-19. Will then speaks on the India market and shares his experience on expanding into different markets.
Tune in to hear Will discuss:
The development of Blade, which started six years ago, and the evolution of commercial eVTOL (01:05)
Using Today’s technology to build a reliable “Last-Mile” air travel product (02:00)
What factors Blade considers when choosing the destinations it serves (06:00)
The long-haul services / jet products in Florida and Aspen, Colorado (08:15)
The structure of Blade’s fleet and the idea of ‘customer to cockpit’ (10:10)
How to manage the customer’s experience by developing a “simple” App (11:32)
What charter options Blade’s customers have (13:21)
Shifting its model and methods in light of Covid-19 (14:30)
How Blade adjusts with relative ease (18:30)
What is the route network today versus the route network at the beginning of the year (20:24)
Asking customer questions and putting feedback into action (23:36)
How medical mobility came about (26:20)
Building essential ground connectivity for users to get to and from the airport (27:30)
How Blade India has developed since its launch (31:02)
The next opportunity for Blade in Asia (34:00)
How to show the product is valuable (35:08)
How to prove the business model for vertical transport works and makes sense (37:50)
The regulatory challenges in China to launching eVTOL technology (40:54)
Will shares his view on the European market (42:40)