Uber will add Blade’s Blade’s helicopters to its platform early in 2026

Uber users who live near New York City or Southern Europe may have a new travel option to choose from 2026: helicopters.

Joby Aviation, which was operated on Air Air Taxi on Wednesday, announced that the air helicopter will be on the Uber application starting from “just next year”. Although Joby does not say specifically as Blade’s helicopter will start to start, the Techcrunch company has told it that it is likely to appear on the “most popular methods” that resemble to and from airports.

The news comes after only one month from Jobay Passenger works were obtained in Blade Up to $ 125 million. (The Blade Medical Department, which helps to move the living organs, remains a separate company.)

Uber and Joby bills this as a step towards launching air taxis in Joby ultimately on the horseback network. But this is still far. Jobi plans to launch it The first commercial service in 2026 In Dubai, with other markets – including in the United States – is scheduled to be followed yet.

All three companies participating in advertising have existing relationships.

Blade was obtained by Joby last month, and their helicopters were already on the Uber platform before, although only limited promotional offers.

Jobi, and at the same time, gained The air taxi department “Raise” Uber In 2020, which gave the startup company a boost in its plans to build vertical and landing cars (EVTOL). This helped Jobli to advance what was a large group of EvTol startups. The publication has started in public by integrating with a special purpose acquisition company in 2021, and has collected hundreds of millions of dollars since then, with the support of major companies such as Toyota. Uber currently has about 2.5 % of Joby.

Jobi has survived, but it is not possible to say the same for some of its competitors. Companies such as Volocopter and Lillium have come out in Germany, while the Indian -owned Supernal is going through its own conflicts now, with its presence at the present time, with its presence. I stopped her aircraft program recently.