Blade Air Mobility, Inc.
31 Hudson Yards, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
VIA EDGAR
June 3, 2021
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Cara Wirth
| Re: | Blade Air Mobility, Inc./DE |
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Initially filed May 28, 2021
File No. 333-256640
Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 to become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 7, 2021, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. The Registrant also hereby requests a copy of the written order verifying the effective date.
If you have any questions regarding this request for acceleration, please contact Daniel Forman of Proskauer Rose LLP at (212) 969-3096.
Very truly yours,
BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC.
| By: | /s/ Melissa M. Tomkiel | |
| Name: | Melissa M. Tomkiel | |
| Title: | President and General Counsel | |
| Cc: | Robert S. Wiesenthal, Blade Air Mobility, Inc. | |
| William A. Heyburn, Blade Air Mobility, Inc. | ||
| Daniel L. Forman, Proskauer Rose LLP | ||
| Karen Garnett, Proskauer Rose LLP |
