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Blade To Facilitate Ryder Cup Helicopter Shuttle Flights
Joby subsidiary will also show case its owner’s eVTOL air taxi
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Blade’s helicopters will once again carry VIP guests to and from the Ryder Cup golf tournament. © Blade Air Mobility

Blade Urban Air Mobility is preparing to serve visitors to the 2025 Ryder Cup golf tournament, which starts on Thursday at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. Now owned by eVTOL aircraft developer Joby Aviation, the helicopter flight broker is the official “air mobility provider” for the biennial contest between the U.S. and European teams.

The company expects its charter partners to carry around 3,000 passengers on 12-minute helicopter flights from three Blade Lounge sites in Manhattan and the surrounding New York City area during the four-day tournament. Blade will operate vertiports at the Bethpage course and also at the nearby Republic Airport (KFRG).