"Blacklane is my new favorite way to get around New York City"

For chauffeurs at Blacklane, being on time is considered late. Punctuality is just one of the many tenets chauffeurs are taught at Blacklane’s two-day Chauffeur Academy, a voluntary training program for all drivers employed by the global luxury car service. I got to see this superior etiquette in action on a round trip to and from New York City’s Carlyle Hotel on Wednesday night, where Blacklane gave NYLON a sneak peek into just what goes on in Chauffeur Academy.


How Private Car Services Can Add Luxury to Your Disneyland Trip

When planning a trip to Disneyland with family, consider using private car services for airport transportation throughout your stay. Unlike taxis, private cars offer high-quality service and door-to-door convenience. Private car services provide highly personalized service. They will be happy to accommodate your travel schedule, provide a vehicle for your group size, and even offer child seats for your children.


Rideshare service Blacklane plans to expand service within Georgia

Germany-based international ride-share service Blacklane will expand its services in Atlanta beginning on Feb. 23, according to a release from the company.


Blacklane considering ‘options’ including IPO if markets improve

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German chauffeur service Blacklane’s chief executive is considering “options” for the company, including a potential IPO, but has said markets would need to pick up first.

[https://www.cityam.com/blacklane-considering-options-including-ipo-if-markets-improve/](https://www.cityam.com/blacklane-considering-options-including-ipo-if-markets-improve/)

Big Interview: How Blacklane's Sense Of Purpose Is Making For A Smoother Journey


*Lee Hayhurst spoke to Henning Groß about how a genuine commitment to forging a sustainable future is helping the chauffeur service attract the right tech talent.*

A culture that priorities people and a sense of purpose has become essential for any successful travel business, according to Blacklane chief technology officer Henning Groß.
The global chauffeur service brought Groß in as its fulltime head of tech in April after a short period working for it as an advisor having set up his own consultancy Zeile7 in 2019.
With a background of successfully scaling tech teams in other sectors experiencing significant change like the media and insurance, Groß now finds himself in travel.

Blacklane and Sky Alps

 ‘The Entrepreneurs’ welcomes on board the co-founder of global chauffeur service Blacklane and the founder and president of airline Sky Alps. Jens Wohltorf set out on the Blacklane journey more than a decade ago in Berlin, while Josef Gostner’s airline is earlier in its ascent but covering some beautiful ground as it takes wing from Bolzano. How do entrepreneurs in transport keep things nimble? And how have two years of a global pandemic reshaped the landscape – on the road and in the sky?

Everything you need to know about Blacklane global chauffeur service

There are times — after a red-eye or long-haul flight comes to mind — when you just might not want to line up for a taxi or order yet another ride-hailing service where you have to scramble to find the meet-up point.

Maybe you just want a reliable luxury ride, with a chauffeur waiting not curbside but actually inside the airport with your name on a sign, ready to escort you out. Someone who’s actually been tracking your flight’s arrival time and is sure to be there the minute you emerge with your luggage, ready to hand you a cold bottle of water and get you on your way — whether that be to your home or around your destination city.

Whether you’ve landed in Shanghai or San Francisco, that’s where Blacklane might just make your day (and drive). The world’s leading global chauffeur service feels something like a mix between a ride-hailing app and a personal chauffeur. It’s available in more than 70 countries and over 300 cities around the world.

Read on to decide if this popular chauffeur service is right for you.

How Early Do You Arrive At the Airport?

So how early do you get to the airport for your flight? New data from one global chauffeur service — Blacklane — says a growing number of travelers don’t follow airline and airport advice about when to arrive for your flight.


Why UAE residents are ‘driving force for return of international travel’

Post-pandemic recovery in the UAE is in full-swing as residents head back to the airports.

Following strict Covid-19 lockdowns, the UAE was one of the first countries to re-open for international travel, which has fuelled the recovery of the country’s airlines, airports and related services.

“The UAE was our first market to fully recover to pre-pandemic business, and we’re now far exceeding those levels. UAE residents are a driving force for the return of international travel, and the UAE remains one of the most desired destinations for business and leisure travel,” said Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of global chauffer service Blacklane.

The Hottest New Places To Stay, Dine & Drink In London

Black cabs are the signature mode of transportation lest you want to travel by tube or big red bus (which is fun in theory but…) we recommend a new, on call luxury car service that is seamless, luxurious and easy to use. That would be Blacklane, a service available in 50+ countries and 200+ cities worldwide, offering airport transfers, flat-rate city-to-city rides and on-demand chauffeur hailing in four cities, including London. Health and safety standards mean vehicles are cleaned between each ride, chauffeurs wear masks, and all vehicles have hand sanitizer. You can book scheduled rides one hour to months in advance, at guaranteed, all-inclusive fares. Airport pickups include flight tracking, up to one hour of free waiting time, meet-and-greet, and luggage assistance. Even better, the company has a zero carbon footprint; it’s certified carbon-neutral for offsetting emissions from all rides and business operations since 2017

Climate is changing the site selection calculus

At chauffeur business Blacklane, sustainability has become an increasingly important priority. Since its 2011 launch, the Berlin-headquartered company – which now operates in 50 countries and has garnered a reputation as a high-end version of Uber – was focused on minimising empty return rides, a longstanding problem for chauffeurs. It took things up a notch in 2017 by offsetting carbon emissions and it is now electrifying its fleet: it wants 75% of its rides to be in electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025. 

Jens Wohltorf On Raising $100 Million To Bring Peace Of Mind To Travelers

"What we do is we aggregate high-quality content on the one side, making sure that they fit into our high standards, that everything feels and smells like Blacklane no matter where you bought a car. We have highly educated professional chauffeurs. On the other side, we offer it to individual customers, to corporate customers like consulting firms, but also to airlines, cruise lines, hotel chains, and travel agencies. So we’re bringing both together and making sure that the quality is always right. We engage very deeply in the service experience and in every single detail of it. That differentiates us." 

The 2021 Tech Hotlist

Ride hailing is nothing new, of course, but Blacklane took it to a whole new level earlier this year when it introduced chauffeur hailing.
Crucially for corporate travellers, Blacklane chauffeur hailing promises the same quality, health and safety standards and fixed competitive fares as its pre-booked trips.


Back-seat Riders

Ground transport could also replace rail and short-haul flights, potentially saving time and money. This has similar advantages to private jet hire, allowing desired departure time, paying per vehicle rather than per person and removing the need to rub shoulders with the rest of the travelling public.

Live Like Royalty In St Tropez In This Magical New Hotel

From Nice Airport and most of the Côte d’Azur, Saint-Tropez isn’t easily accessible via public transportation, so the best option is to book a private transfer. Blacklane is the top pick for stress-free luxury and door-to-door efficiency—especially with the handy app, which keeps you updated every step of the way and lets you edit and book new trips. (You can even cancel your ride for free up to one hour before pickup.) Rides are also 100-percent carbon neutral, thanks to Blacklane’s carbon-offset program, and vehicles and chauffeurs are all top spec.

Travel is a Crapshoot Right Now — Here are 8 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Next Trip

If you don’t want to stress about the rental car shortage or worry about parking fees, you may be inclined to use services like Uber or Lyft.
But unfortunately, these have become notably unreliable as travel rebounds. The labor shortage is hitting ride-hailing companies hard, as TPG’s Caroline Tanner recently covered.
__When you need to ensure a car is available at a certain time, splurge for higher-end car services from a company like Blacklane.__

Staying grounded

Hybrid work environments, remote employees and hygiene concerns will have lasting impacts on how workers travel for business trips and commute. Corporate travel managers will need to accommodate a new array of employee gatherings, such as quarterly meetings and strategy sessions, both on-site and off-site. 


Black Car Reboot

Ground transportation is slowly returning after the COVID-19 pandemic. 
“We saw this as an opportunity to innovate,” says Sascha Meskendahl, chief revenue officer for Blacklane, a global chauffeur services. “We made a new product of this which we call Blacklane City-to-City, to offer chauffeur service for medium and long distances as an alternative to trains and flights, because people don’t want to be in crowded train stations or airports or on crowded bus transportation.”

'I marinated in Fort Lauderdale for 45 minutes': Uber, Lyft shortages leave travelers frustrated and waiting

DiMartino Booth said she is scheduling as many rides as possible and checking out other alternatives in cities where there are additional options. One company on her list: Blacklane, which responded to a Twitter post about her recent struggles with Lyft.

Blacklane – Global Airport Chauffeur Service - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

A Q&A with one of Blacklane's app developers about the expansion from scheduled transfers to chauffeur hailing.

Blacklane Ride-Hailing Service Raises $26 Million, Looks To Expand Green Initiatives

Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of Blacklane, joins Cheddar to discuss the company's plans to expand its EV options and its recent $26 million funding.

Berlin's Blacklane raises $26M to expand its high-end chauffeur-driven sustainable car service

Blacklane said that it will be using this latest round of funding to continue expanding sustainable travel initiatives, and to continue expanding its existing business with more flexible options for riding.

Daimler-Backed Luxury Taxi Startup Raises Funds After Tough Year

Company is investing in new services as it eyes an IPO in 2023

How Blacklane is taking on Uber and Lyft amid COVID-19

Jens Wohltorf, Blacklane CEO & Co-Founder joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss how Blacklane seeks to challenge Uber and Lyft in city rides.

Daimler-Backed Ride-Hailing Service Blacklane Hits NYC Streets

High-end ride-hailing service Blacklane is working to serve a more sophisticated clientele than Uber and Lyft. Jens Wohltorf, co-founder and CEO of Blacklane, joined Cheddar to discuss its recent launch in New York City.

Blacklane takes on Uber with high-end ride-sharing service

Blacklane CEO Jens Wohltorf explains how the ride-sharing service differentiates from Uber.

A high-end car service backed by Daimler is launching in 8 US cities as it attempts to compete with Uber and Lyft

Unlike Uber or Lyft, Blacklane only charges riders by distance and doesn't add on fees for tolls or high demand, making its rates predictable.

New Chauffeur-Hailing Service Seeks to Challenge Uber, Lyft in City Rides

Blacklane, an upscale ride-hailing company whose biggest investor is Daimler AG, is launching a new inner-city service in New York on Monday, seeking to challenge the black car services of rivals Uber and Lyft as the coronavirus pandemic continues to reshape the industry.

Chauffeur App Blacklane Acquires Majority Stake In Jaguar Land Rover’s Havn

Blacklane, the premium on-demand chauffeur app, has acquired a majority stake in Havn, another chauffeur service established by Jaguar Land Rover.

In Conversation: Ground Transportation Partnerships in 2021

Safety and security dominate the conversation with corporate travel managers.

Airport transfer Blacklane bets on city-to-city trips to revive COVID-hit business

German chauffeur service Blacklane, specialised in airport transfers, is looking to tap into demand for relatively safe city-to-city travel to grow revenue hit by COVID-19.

Over $100 Million with a chauffeur service and 400 people worldwide

CEO and Co-founder Dr. Jens Wohltorf speaks about Blacklane's business model and how the company modernized the chauffeur industry in this podcast.

Blacklane offers flat-rate rides between London and six UK cities

Blacklane is focusing on these city to city transfers, focussing on both the peace of mind aspect of avoiding public transport, as well as productivity gains.

Blacklane to offer new chauffeur service: How does it stack up against the train?

There’s a new kid in town hoping to shake up city-to-city travel in the U.K. Blacklane is now offering a chauffeur service, promoting fast, COVID-safe, luxury transfers between London and six cities across the U.K. in Mercedes E- or V-class vehicles.

Travel Managers Will Lean More on Car Services and Even Buses in Early Recovery: Can They Deliver?

Many corporations overlook the ground transportation sector as it’s often seen as a weaker compared to airline and hotel programs. But that could soon change as cars, taxis, limousines and even buses surge in demand as companies search for the safest mode of transport in the early recovery phases.

Shifting Ground

Chauffeurs have retained curb-side access at nearly every airport and thus offer an attractive option for saving travelers time and reducing their stress. 

Life In The Blacklane: Black Cars And Chauffeurs

Blacklane is a relatively new transportation-on-demand company from Berlin. They offer top of the line cars and professional drivers, and they’ve got a global reach after just a few years in business.

On the Road to Success

With Blacklane on hand, you can be sure of a journey that is stress-free, high-quality and entirely personal. Designed to be easily accessible, with innovation at its heart, it's no surprise that this company has won LUXlife's award for 2020's Most Outstanding Chauffeur Service Global.

Jetting Around: How to Avoid Travel Hassles This Awards Season

Founded in 2011 to modernize the global chauffeur industry, Blacklane offers riders in 60 U.S. cities and 300 cities worldwide three classes of Mercedes, and Teslas, via app.

Ground Transport Should Cut Faucet on Drip-Pricing

Ground transportation companies pride themselves in duty of care, taking responsibility for the guest's safety and well-being. We also have a duty to care about the entire guest experience. That should include transparent and consistent fares.

Blacklane is on the road to building a profitable on-demand transportation platform

Blacklane...provides a template for another kind of strategy, one based on minimal outside funding, a focus on very specific customer segments and slow growth that relies on partner ecosystems to achieve global reach.

Travel Tech for the Holiday Season

Blacklane - Cars with Conscience

For rides in traditional chauffeured vehicles like Mercedes-Benz and Audi, Blacklane offsets the carbon emissions of all of its trips. Not just that, they are innovative with the app, which let’s you message your driver and they can track your flight so are already aware of any delays should they occur. The service is second to none.

Blacklane, Beijing

We have used Blacklane numerous times now around the world in various countries and cities. We cannot speak highly enough of their consistently professional service... Blacklane have always made our airport journeys a hassle-free experience each and every time.

Blacklane Expands U.S. Footprint

Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde caught up with Jens Wohltorf, CEO and co-founder of Blacklane, to discuss the company's expansion plans and its road to the public markets.

Q&A: tips from a top class reboot for Blacklane

Blacklane, the portal for connecting professional chauffeurs to travellers, has recently rebranded to bring its digital strategy into line with the overall experience

When 40% of your customers think your website and app lack clarity and half do not find it visually appealing, it’s time for an upgrade. That is exactly what Blacklane has been doing over the past 17 months.

EyeforTravel.com put some questions to Norbert Richard Meinike, Director of Marketing at Blacklane.

Want a quick exit? Try Shanghai and Perth

A new report on the quickest “seat-to-seat” times by Blacklane shows Shanghai and Perth having Asia Pacific’s fastest international and domestic terminals for arrival flyers to exit: 22 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. The slowest? Kansai International for international (80.5 minutes) and New Delhi (45 minutes) for domestic.

Orlando the slowest U.S. airport for international arrivals: report

Orlando International Airport has one of the slowest times to exit an airport for international arrivals, according to a report by Blacklane, a German chauffeur company.

MCO was recorded as the airport with the fourth slowest exit time in the world (and the slowest U.S. airport) between stepping off of a plane and into an automobile with a median time of 53.5 minutes, the report showed.

Blacklane And Rovio Entertainment’s Road To Growth

Blacklane cofounder Jens Wohltorf and Rovio Entertainment’s former CMO Peter Vesterbacka discussed the challenges facing entrepreneurs and startups on the road to an IPO at the Forbes Under 30 Summit Global Retreat in Bratislava, Slovakia, on June 7.

Blacklane reveals new brand identity

Chauffeur company Blacklane has revealed its new branding, including a redesigned logo, a refreshed colour scheme and an updated tagline.

The firm says its new tag – “Upgrade your travels” – was chosen to focus on the traveller benefits of its services.

Blacklane: Premium ride-hailing made in Germany

The start-up primarily addresses frequent business travelers with a certain demand for comfort and reliability.

German chauffeur service Blacklane eyes Middle East expansion in line with IPO

German chauffeur service Blacklane is expanding into 20 cities in the Middle East this year, including Cairo, as it plans an initial public offering (IPO) over the next three years, its CEO Jens Wohltorf told Reuters.

Limousine Service That Helps You Zip Around The World With Ease

What I loved about Blacklane was using one platform to manage all my international transfers.

The road ahead for professional driver services

Is there scope for a chauffeur service that harnesses new automation technologies while maintaining the human touch?

Best Ground Transportation Company: Blacklane

Blacklane, said the judges, offered a full end-to-end executive service, ticking all the boxes.

Tried & Tested: Blacklane

When I think about everything this experience could have been, but was not – long lines, language barriers, Paris taxi drivers – I have to say the Blacklane solution was well worth the money.

Could A Chauffeur Service Help Cut Your Carbon Footprint?

A business firm based in Berlin believes it has found at least part of the answer to cutting carbon footprints for businessmen and travelers.

Skip The Queues And Travel Like An A-Lister With The Blacklane PASS 

I've never navigated an airport so quickly and with so little stress.

Blacklane Review

Booking all the different services — four total chauffeur rides and PASS arrival and departure services at PHL — was easy, and communication throughout the process via email and text is extremely reliable.

These Airport VIP Services Make Flying a Breeze

You don’t need to fly premium to get a first class airport experience.

20 Companies with the Nicest Customer Service

Unlike many other door-to-door transportation services, the customer care crew at Blacklane consider themselves integral to business operations and always put the needs of their riders first.

When Getting the VIP Treatment Is Cost-Effective

"Knowing that you can reliably speed through security for a flat fee is life changing."

AIRPORT CONCIERGES: THE NEW FACE OF LUXURY TRAVEL

Everyone wants to feel like a first-class traveller and now that luxury is available to the rest of us in cattle class. 

5 Best (and 5 Worst) Car Services in America

There’s just not enough time to fully rave about Blacklane.

New Flat-Rate Service Can Speed Travelers Through Airport Lines

Blacklane Premium Airport Services & Solutions offers a number of concierge services such as help with bags, access to an airport lounge, and a personal escort between connecting flights, but it is also offering the greatest gift a flyer could ask for: the opportunity to skip to the front of the security line.

Men in Black

It's 6AM, and I've an early flight from Gatwick. But the car is already outside the house, and I'm not panicking. It's a smartly presented Mercedes E-Class, and I settle in for the ride. The car has been booked by the company I'm flying to Berlin to visit -- Blacklane.

Hainan Airlines now offers free Blacklane US airport transfers

Hainan Airlines has begun offering complimentary US airport transfers to select business class passengers, using professional driver service Blacklane.

Chauffeur service backed by UAE conglomerate eyes GCC expansion

During an interview with Arabian Business on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, Dr. Wohltorf revealed that the Berlin-based company has significant expansion plans in the Gulf region, which will include the opening of a regional office in Dubai later in 2018.

Five countries primed for start-up success

With the world’s fourth-largest economy and the largest in Europe, Germany’s mix of transparent business culture, highly educated workforce and start-up friendly policies pushed the country to the top.

In The Big Chair - Jens Wohltorf of Blacklane

In January, Blacklane secured its highest funding round yet at $45 million, bringing its total to $85 million and allowing the Berlin-based private car company to expand service to the Middle East and invest in tech upgrades.

Constructive disruption

By its very meaning, disruption is a disarrangement. Hard to think of it as being ‘constructive’. But Blacklane’s co-founder & CEO Jens Wohltorf tells Raini Hamdi otherwise. Plus, he isn’t worried about autonomous cars disrupting Blacklane

The Matchmaker Is In: Blacklane, A Platform That Fills Empty Limos

In this week’s The Matchmaker Is In, Wohltorf sat down with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster to talk about how Blacklane is bringing limo services and business travelers together around the world.

Blacklane to offer agents commission on private driver services

Blacklane for Travel Agents lets agents reserve one-way and hourly professional rides in less than a minute for travellers in more than 250 cities and 50 countries.

Berlin’s Blacklane raises $40-45M for its high-end transport on demand service

Today, Blacklane, a Berlin-based business that offers limousines and other high-end cars for airport and other medium-length journeys, is announcing that it has raised a significant round of funding, between $40 million and $45 million according to sources, to move into concierge services and expand its services globally. 

GUEST BLOG: Why Airport Concierge Services Will Take Off

Wasted airport time is an accepted part of business trips. Travellers often plan to arrive at least two hours before departure, if not three, before international departures. When arriving internationally, they budget time for customs and immigration processes. Connecting flights also require buffer time, especially when they incur security queues.

But what if corporate travel managers could save travellers tens of thousands of airport hours per year?


Limos & More

Black car operators are diversifying their fleets to meet changing markets and changing demands

Collaboration Acceleration

Rental car companies rev up some unusual connections to deal with a shifting transportation playing field

Blacklane makes inroads in airport transfers

Blacklane’s recent acquisition of US-based Solve, which offers VIP concierge services, will strengthen its foothold in the market, where it already has the potential to displace one of the major income streams of inbound tour operators – airport transfers.

Blacklane’s chauffeur service sweetens the business travel experience

With the boom of mobile-friendly ride-hailing services, there’s no shortage of transport options for business travelers when they touch down in a new country.

But professional driver service Blacklane – with two thirds of its clients using it for business – is setting itself apart by introducing to travelers a more “integrated” approach to getting around.

Blacklane buys airport services startup, connects the dots

Co-founder and CEO Jens Wohltorf also told tnooz that Solve’s aggregation approach to the airport concierge services industry mirrored Blacklane’s entry into professional driver segment.

“Solve identified a fragmented market and developed a platform to bring together suppliers, similar to what we are doing. We can give airport concierge services an established brand and global scalability.”

Blacklane to Offer Seamless Airport Experience

Blacklane will make business travel even easier after its purchase of global airport concierge booking service Solve. The company offers everything from curbside and air-side passenger meet and greet, fast-track security, and expedited customs and immigration through to connecting flight assistance and lounge access.

A Shared Vision

Travel buyers must consider price, cost certainty, convenience, reliability, customer service, duty of care and other factors to determine what is best for their oranizations, according to [Blacklane CEO and Co-founder Jens] Wohltorf.

Rethinking airport transfers could drive revenue and loyalty

Airlines want to acquire and retain direct customers. Ground transportation helps but, in our view, only one scenario transforms customer retention and brand positioning.

Booking door-to-door is the next opportunity for airlines

After all, we are door-to-door travelers, not terminal-to-terminal flyers. Ground transportation is inherent in the travel chain, yet it also remains a gap facing airline customers with each trip booked. It is not a matter of if airlines will close this gap, but when they will provide a seamless end-to-end travel experience.

Duty of Care Matters More Than Price for Buyers of Chauffeured Car Services

As traditional chauffeured suppliers and ride-hailing apps battle to coexist, travel buyers prioritize service and safety over price in dealings with their chauffeured car suppliers.

Finnair claims ground transport revolution with PNR-integrated web bookings


Specifically and most importantly, such an integration illustrates that airlines are beginning to look at travel beyond what their core service offers – airport-to-airport – to a wider, “travel” business covering door-to-door.

Hailing Progress

"Technology is essential for the entire experience," says Jens Wohltorf, CEO and Co-founder of Blacklane, which provides a portal connecting people to professional chauffeurs. "That includes booking, ride management, the ride itself, post-ride ratings, and the all-important expense management."

Blacklane: the branded driver service coming to a shelf near you

As one of the new disruptors in ground transportation, Blacklane is finding that the best way forward is to join forces.

Spotlight On: Blacklane

You have your plane tickets, your luggage and you’re  ready for takeoff. The only issue is, who will get you once you arrive at your destination?

That’s where companies like Blacklane come into play. The professional driver service company covers the first and last miles of your journey, which are usually rides to and from the airport.

The company serves more than 50 countries, 250 cities and 500 airports around the world, and has commercially-licensed and insured drivers. Blacklane CRO Dr. Sascha Meskendahl talked with RewardExpert about the company’s travel footprint.

Hertz’s Latest Twist Is Adding Private Driver Services From Blacklane

Everyone has had a rental car nightmare — lost bookings, mysterious dents, or surprise fees. But rental car companies now face a nightmare of their own in fierce car-sharing competition. Expect Hertz’s Blacklane deal to be one of many initiatives as it copes.  

The 34 coolest tech CEOs in Europe

Business Insider ranked the 34 coolest startup CEOs in Europe, taking into account the founders' personal careers, as well as how innovative their companies are.

Why Companies Should Offer Employees Several Ride Services

Companies need as much diversity in ride services as they have in airline and hotel suppliers – if not more. The reason is the variety of rides employees take. Ground transportation is often discussed as a uniform service. This view, though, doesn’t reflect the realities (pardon the pun) on the ground.

How Blacklane went from one city to over 250 around the world

The Next Web asked high-growth companies to tell the data-backed story on how key decisions were made, which growth hacks led to the much loved hockey stick curve, and how this impacted their company. Blacklane Co-Founder and CEO Jens Wohltorf shares the story of how  Blacklane went from one city to over 250 round the world.

Professional driver service Blacklane expands in Asia-Pacific

Business travellers visiting major cities in Asia-Pacific now have the ability to book English-speaking, commercially licensed and insured drivers through professional driver service Blacklane.

Germany's Blacklane rolls out more limos throughout Asia

The new service areas include 24 Chinese cities, such as Beijing and Nanjing, and five Japanese cities including Osaka and Nagoya.

Planet Cool: Operators Embrace, Make Changes

Unlike TNC executives, Blacklane’s director of affiliate management Carsten Kahner walks the talk and actually visits companies who want to become affiliates — and that’s pretty cool. His team has traveled to more than 20 countries and met with more than 500 of the company’s local partners.

Taxis from Newark Bear the Highest Extra Costs over the Base Fare

Newark Liberty International Airport taxi fares carry the highest premium over base fares, according to research from ride-booking service Blacklane that examined fares from the 30 busiest U.S. airports to the nearest major city center. 

Blacklane: An Alternative To Uber & Pricey Hotel Cars

"I was really impressed by the entire Blacklane experience, actually, and based on this wouldn’t hesitate to use them again."

How Blacklane Is Standing Out in the Ride-Sharing World

Jens Wohltorf, Blacklane's co-founder and chief executive officer, appears on the August 16th episode of Bloomberg West to share the company's strategy for standing out in the competitive environment of the ride-sharing world. 

Ground transportation & the connected travel fast lane

After Daimler’s most recent investment into the professional driver service Pamela Whitby talks global expansion, tech trends and other industry twists and turns with Blacklane’s chief executive and co-founder.

Press Coverage

"Blacklane is my new favorite way to get around New York City"

How Private Car Services Can Add Luxury to Your Disneyland Trip

Rideshare service Blacklane plans to expand service within Georgia

Blacklane considering ‘options’ including IPO if markets improve

Big Interview: How Blacklane's Sense Of Purpose Is Making For A Smoother Journey