“…Blade closed 2021 with US$67.2 million in total revenues — an increase of 156% compared to 2020, and 106% compared to pre-COVID 2019. The company ended its fourth quarter with $24.6 million in revenues, an increase of 208% from the same period in 2020.

Rob Wiesenthal, co-founder and CEO of Blade, said the company’s financial standing at the end of the last year “significantly exceeded our expectations. Our ability to accelerate revenue and flight profit growth in the face of a dynamic COVID landscape is a testament to the financial breadth of our business lines and the flexibility of our asset-light model…”