Uber, Blade team up to offer helicopter rides to CoachellaMarch 26, 2016 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Uber and Blade have joined forces to ferry passengers down to Coachella from Los Angeles for the music and arts festival this year, the Verge said. The flight, which can be purchased through either Uber or Blade will run festival goers $4,170 for a charter, which can sit up to six people at $695 each. Uber has routinely offered helicopter rides at major festivals like Cannes and Sundance, and for the past two years has offered helicopter rides to Coachella, but this is the first time it has done so with Blade — known as the "Uber of helicopters" — as its aviation partner. Blade shuttles its users around the east coast in helicopters, offering rides to and from major New York airports and to vacation spots like Martha's Vineyard and The Hamptons, according to the Verge. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. Civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan People demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation again blocked streets in Yerevan on May 15. |