Will Heyburn's guest appearances

Will Heyburn

Asian Skycast

Justin Sun

Mike Walsh

Steve Robertson

Jeffrey Lowe

Ed Bolen

Paul Kirby

Jeremy Parkin

Jolie Howard

Markus Scherer

Wu Zhendong

Paul Jebely

Richard Koe

Charles Etter

David Sale

Gary Moran

OwlTail

BLADE started flying in the Summer 2014. Looking back, Blade’s capabilities today are incomparable to those in that first summer. Its simple booking app then, by design scalable / modular, is now a portal handling everything from accounting, operator &amp; passenger communications, regulatory filings, W&amp;B, et al. BLADE was born from an idea CEO Rob Wiesenthal had while at Sony’s corporate flight department. He realized companies were flying one person around alone on helicopters on a regular basis and that there was probably a way to both lower the price and also deliver a better experience.Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility returns for a second episode of Asian Skycast. This time he speaks with ASG’s Jeffrey Lowe on Blade’s product line and the evolution of UAM &amp; eVTOL. The two talk on Blade’s development over the last six years, how vertical transport technology &amp; medical mobility has been growing, and Blade’s customer support during Covid-19. Will then speaks on the India market and shares his experience on expanding into different markets.Tune in to hear Will discuss:The development of Blade, which started six years ago, and the evolution of commercial eVTOL (01:05)Using Today’s technology to build a reliable “Last-Mile” air travel product (02:00)What factors Blade considers when choosing the destinations it serves (06:00)The long-haul services / jet products in Florida and Aspen, Colorado (08:15)The structure of Blade’s fleet and the idea of ‘customer to cockpit’ (10:10)How to manage the customer’s experience by developing a “simple” App (11:32)What charter options Blade’s customers have (13:21)Shifting its model and methods in light of Covid-19 (14:30)How Blade adjusts with relative ease (18:30)What is the route network today versus the route network at the beginning of the year (20:24)Asking customer questions and putting feedback into action (23:36)How medical mobility came about (26:20)Building essential ground connectivity for users to get to and from the airport (27:30)How Blade India has developed since its launch (31:02)The next opportunity for Blade in Asia (34:00)How to show the product is valuable (35:08)How to prove the business model for vertical transport works and makes sense (37:50)The regulatory challenges in China to launching eVTOL technology (40:54)Will shares his view on the European market (42:40)To find out more about Will Heyburn please click here.To find out more about Blade please click here.

BLADE started flying in the Summer 2014. Looking back, Blade’s capabilities today are incomparable to those in that first summer. Its simple booking app then, by design scalable / modular, is now a portal handling everything from accounting, operator &amp; passenger communications, regulatory filings, W&amp;B, et al. BLADE was born from an idea CEO Rob Wiesenthal had while at Sony’s corporate flight department. He realized companies were flying one person around alone on helicopters on a regular basis and that there was probably a way to both lower the price and also deliver a better experience.Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility returns for a second episode of Asian Skycast. This time he speaks with ASG’s Jeffrey Lowe on Blade’s product line and the evolution of UAM &amp; eVTOL. The two talk on Blade’s development over the last six years, how vertical transport technology &amp; medical mobility has been growing, and Blade’s customer support during Covid-19. Will then speaks on the India market and shares his experience on expanding into different markets.Tune in to hear Will discuss:The development of Blade, which started six years ago, and the evolution of commercial eVTOL (01:05)Using Today’s technology to build a reliable “Last-Mile” air travel product (02:00)What factors Blade considers when choosing the destinations it serves (06:00)The long-haul services / jet products in Florida and Aspen, Colorado (08:15)The structure of Blade’s fleet and the idea of ‘customer to cockpit’ (10:10)How to manage the customer’s experience by developing a “simple” App (11:32)What charter options Blade’s customers have (13:21)Shifting its model and methods in light of Covid-19 (14:30)How Blade adjusts with relative ease (18:30)What is the route network today versus the route network at the beginning of the year (20:24)Asking customer questions and putting feedback into action (23:36)How medical mobility came about (26:20)Building essential ground connectivity for users to get to and from the airport (27:30)How Blade India has developed since its launch (31:02)The next opportunity for Blade in Asia (34:00)How to show the product is valuable (35:08)How to prove the business model for vertical transport works and makes sense (37:50)The regulatory challenges in China to launching eVTOL technology (40:54)Will shares his view on the European market (42:40)To find out more about Will Heyburn please click <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/wheyburn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.To find out more about Blade please click <a href="https://blade.flyblade.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Blade’s Will Heyburn on UAM & the eVTOL Market 

ASG’s Max Buirski talks to Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility about their recent expansion into Mumbai, why India was the right place at the right time, maximizing utilization and saving lives through organ transfers, the benefits of a scalable platform, and the prospects for eVTOL, noise abatement and becoming carbon neutral... then later they talk about Will’s background and Blade’s value proposition to customers, before Max unintentionally insults Uber and changes the subject to travel and weather. To learn more about the helicopter market in India or other APAC countries, please visit our Country Profiles hereYou can find out more about BLADE hereYou can learn more about Will here

ASG’s Max Buirski talks to Will Heyburn, Head of Corporate Development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility about their recent expansion into Mumbai, why India was the right place at the right time, maximizing utilization and saving lives through organ transfers, the benefits of a scalable platform, and the prospects for eVTOL, noise abatement and becoming carbon neutral... then later they talk about Will’s background and Blade’s value proposition to customers, before Max unintentionally insults Uber and changes the subject to travel and weather. To learn more about the helicopter market in India or other APAC countries, please visit our Country Profiles <a href="https://www.asianskymedia.com/country-profiles?tag=Civil%20Helicopter%20Market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>You can find out more about BLADE <a href="https://blade.flyblade.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>You can learn more about Will <a href="/s/Will-Heyburn-Bio.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

BLADE Flies in Mumbai: Will Heyburn on BLADE’s expansion into India | New GA Tech