Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Helicopter passengers flying to Nice International Airport in France can now go through security clearance on the helipad side of the airport and then connect directly to commercial flights, according to Blade Air Mobility. This eliminates the need to join general security screening lines at the airport when arriving at Nice Airport via helicopter from nearby cities in the south of France.
Blade also announced that it has appointed Rémi Bouysset as CEO of Blade Europe. Bouysset has decades of experience in the luxury travel industry, including with CWT, Hogg Robinson Group France, and cruise line Ponant, where he was head of the Global Partners &amp; Charters division. Before taking on the new role, he was CEO of Monacair Group, Blade’s operating partner in France and Monaco.&nbsp;Benoît Cocheteux also joined Blade Europe recently as COO.
According to Bouysset, “The addition of the new helipad-side security screening at Nice Airport not only enhances time savings and convenience for our passengers but also allows us to scale our airport transfer services as we transition to quiet, emission-free, electric vertical aircraft.”
Typical cities that Blade flies to Nice from include&nbsp;Monaco, Cannes, St. Tropez, Geneva, and Courchevel.

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Blade Air Mobility Adds Helipad-side Security Clearance at Nice Airport

Passengers no longer need to clear through general security

Helicopter passengers flying to Nice International Airport can go through security clearance on the airport's helipad side and connect to commercial flights. 

Blade Air Mobility Adds Security Clearance at Nice

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