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Wisk and Blade plan to operate 30 eVTOL for urban air mobility routes

Wisk is an Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) company that is behind an all-electric, autonomous eVTOL aircraft in the U.S.

Following FAA certification, Blade and Wisk intend to deploy the aircraft on short-distance routes between Blade’s network of dedicated terminals throughout the U.S., with their aircraft being chartered by Blade at an hourly rate on those routes. Wisk will be compensated based on Blade flight time utilized on the aircraft, which will be owned, operated, and maintained by Wisk for Blade’s use. Blade expects to leverage its existing flight volumes to provide minimum flight hour guarantees to Wisk.

The two companies will also form a working group to assist in deploying the technologies necessary for aircraft charging and next-generation air traffic management. The working group will also leverage Blade’s experience with UAM services in the most congested markets to inform future design principles. Wisk currently operates autonomous eVTOL aircraft pursuant to experimental type certificates and plans to begin initial test flights in Blade’s key service areas when possible.

Blade and Wisk are both committed to an open-network approach to Urban Air Mobility. Wisk intends to provide aircraft to multiple customer-facing platforms while Blade expects to utilize a variety of EVA, based on mission requirements, and recently announced that it secured 20 piloted EVA from a third-party manufacturer, scheduled for deployment starting in late 2024.