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Blade Air Mobility, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/10/22, at 4:08pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1779128-22-112   ·   File #:  1-39046

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/10/22  Blade Air Mobility, Inc.          10-Q        9/30/22   72:6.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.49M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     79K 
12: R2          Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance    HTML    127K 
                Sheets                                                           
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated            HTML    102K 
                Statements of Operations                                         
15: R5          Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated            HTML     50K 
                Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)                        
16: R6          Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated            HTML     95K 
                Statements of Stockholders' Equity                               
17: R7          Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated            HTML    126K 
                Statements of Cash Flows                                         
18: R8          Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     40K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
19: R9          Revenue                                             HTML     54K 
20: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML     56K 
21: R11         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     60K 
22: R12         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability    HTML     54K 
23: R13         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     63K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
25: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     50K 
26: R16         Commitment and Contingencies                        HTML     28K 
27: R17         Warrant Liabilities                                 HTML     36K 
28: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     45K 
29: R19         COVID-19 Risks and Uncertainties                    HTML     24K 
30: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     23K 
31: R21         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     62K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
32: R22         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     45K 
33: R23         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     52K 
34: R24         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    100K 
35: R25         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability    HTML     54K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R26         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     65K 
37: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     52K 
38: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     41K 
39: R29         Description of Business and Summary of Significant  HTML     35K 
                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
40: R30         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     34K 
41: R31         Revenue - Rollforward of Contract Liability         HTML     27K 
                Balance (Details)                                                
42: R32         Revenue - Disaggregated Revenue by Product Line     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R33         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     39K 
44: R34         Acquisitions - Acquisition Purchase Price           HTML     57K 
                Allocation (Details)                                             
45: R35         Acquisitions - Fair Value of Identified Intangible  HTML     31K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
46: R36         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Information (Details)      HTML     31K 
47: R37         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Changes in         HTML     29K 
                Carrying Value of Goodwill (Details)                             
48: R38         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     61K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
49: R39         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Estimated          HTML     31K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
51: R41         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability -  HTML     47K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
52: R42         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability -  HTML     26K 
                Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Details)                 
53: R43         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability -  HTML     29K 
                Lease expense (Details)                                          
54: R44         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability -  HTML     25K 
                Other lease information (Details)                                
55: R45         Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability -  HTML     39K 
                Expected Annual Minimum Lease Payments (Details)                 
56: R46         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     42K 
57: R47         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     74K 
                Activities (Details)                                             
58: R48         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted    HTML     45K 
                Stock Activity (Details)                                         
59: R49         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock-Based              HTML     30K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
60: R50         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     24K 
61: R51         Earnings Per Share - Computation of Basic and       HTML     50K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details)                             
62: R52         Earnings Per Share - Anti-dilutive Securities       HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Commitment and Contingencies (Details)              HTML     45K 
64: R54         Warrant Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     37K 
65: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     35K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Fair Value Measurements - Change in Fair Value of   HTML     40K 
                Warrant Liabilities (Details)                                    
67: R57         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     32K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    127K 
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69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    121K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- blde-20220930_cal               XML    178K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- blde-20220930_pre              XML    802K 
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