Hyperdrive
Helicopter Service Blade Doubles Down on Transporting Organs
- Company, which went public via a SPAC merger, to buy Trinity
- CEO Rob Wiesenthal says Arizona-based Trinity is profitable
This article is for subscribers only.
Blade Air Mobility Inc., best known for flying Manhattan’s elite to locations including the Hamptons, Nantucket and South Florida, is doubling down on the business of transporting human organs.
Blade, which went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company earlier this year, agreed to buy Trinity Air Medical Inc., an air-transport firm that specializes in organs, Blade Chief Executive Officer Rob Wiesenthal said in an interview.