Blink, Europe Gets An Air Taxi Service

Given that we've seen several small business-class-only outfits close up shop recently and one of the biggest U.S. air taxis also scaled back, it seems like madness to create Europe's first air taxi service right now. But Forbes reports that Peter Leiman and Cameron Ogden, two Harvard Business School graduates are launching the new private jet taxi service, Blink, on June 12. Blink's current flight plans take you through much of Western Europe and the the tickets are up to 25% more expensive than regular business-class travel for seats on their four-seater Cessna Citation Mustang. Blink is off to a healthy start, they've ordered 45 of Cessna jets and have received$30 million in investment which sounds like a lot but unfortunately a fledgling airline business dealing with today's fuel prices could go through that money pretty fast. Here's hoping the name Blink doesn't refer to how long they'll stay in business.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ryan Jun 17th 2008 1:54PM
Great business model with a very reliable aircraft behind them. Blink will do very well in Europe.
pilotpete Jul 3rd 2008 12:57PM
Hasn't the mustang just been launched, how would anyone know if it's reliable or not based on the limited time in service?