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Uber will add Blade’s helicopters to its platform as early as 2026 Sean O'Kane AM PDT · September 10, 2025 Uber users living near New York City or Southern Europe may have a new travel option to pick from in 2026: helicopters.

Electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation announced Wednesday that Blade Air Mobility helicopters will be on the Uber app starting “as soon as next year.” While Joby is not saying specifically where the Blade helicopters will be available to start, the company told TechCrunch they will likely pop up on the “most popular routes” like to and from airports.

The news comes just one month after Joby acquired Blade’s passenger business for as much as $125 million. (Blade’s medical division, which helps move live organs, remained a separate company.)

Uber and Joby are billing this as a step towards eventually launching Joby’s air taxis on the ride-hail network. But that’s still a ways away. Joby plans to launch its first commercial service in 2026 in Dubai, with other markets — including in the U.S. — set to follow after.

All three companies involved in the announcement have existing relationships.

Blade was acquired

Joby, meanwhile, acquired Uber’s “Elevate” air taxi division in 2020, which gave the startup a boost in its plans to build electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. That helped Joby push to the lead of what was a large pack of eVTOL startups. The startup went public

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