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Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability

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Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Leases [Abstract]  
Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability Right-of-Use Asset and Operating Lease Liability
Blade’s operating leases consist of airport and heliport terminals, offices and aircraft leases that are embedded within certain capacity purchase agreements (“CPAs”). Upon meeting certain criteria as stated in ASC 842 Leases, the lease component of a capacity purchase agreement would be accounted for as an embedded lease, with a corresponding balance included in the operating right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company have two significant leases and are as follows: an operating lease for office space located at 55 Hudson Yards in New York, New York for an initial term of 2.5 years, signed in May 2022; and aircraft leases that are embedded within one of its capacity purchase agreements, signed in April 2022. The Company allocated the consideration in the capacity purchase agreement to the lease and nonlease components based on their relative standalone value. The lease components of this agreement consist of a lease of up to 6 aircraft for a three-year term, and the nonlease components primarily consist of the costs associated with flight operations. Blade has the right to terminate this agreement without cause upon 60 days written notice, upon such termination the guarantee will be pro-rated to the date of the termination and the operator will be entitled to retain any unapplied deposit paid by Blade at the time of such termination, in addition, Blade has the right for immediate termination with no penalty if a government authority enacts travel restrictions. The Company determined its best estimate of the standalone value of the individual components by
considering observable information from publicly available market rates. See Note 9, “Commitments and Contingencies”, for additional information about our capacity purchase agreements.
Balance sheet information related to the Company’s leases is presented below:
Operating leases: June 30, 2022 December 31, 2021
Operating right-of-use asset $ 6,003  $ 713 
Operating lease liability, current 2,364  438 
Operating lease liability, long term 3,748  278 
As of June 30, 2022, included in the table above is $2,510, $824 and $1,687 of operating right-of-use asset, current operating lease liability, and long-term operating lease liability, respectively, under aircraft leases that are embedded within a capacity purchase agreement. As of December 31, 2021 there were no aircraft leases embedded within a capacity purchase agreement. As of June 30, 2022, included in the table above is $2,654, $1,064 and $1,690 of operating right-of-use asset, current operating lease liability, and long-term operating lease liability, respectively, under the new office space located at 55 Hudson Yards in New York, New York.

The following provides details of the Company’s lease expense:
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
Lease cost: 2022 2021 2022 2021
Short-term lease cost
$ 59  $ 66  $ 97  $ 78 
Operating lease cost
227  116  410  231 
Operating lease cost - cost of revenue
250  —  250  — 
Total $ 536  $ 182  $ 757  $ 309 
Operating lease costs related to aircraft leases that are embedded within a capacity purchase agreements are reported as part of Cost of Revenue.

Other information related to leases is presented below:
June 30, 2022
Weighted-average discount rate – operating lease
6.60  %
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating lease (in years)
2.4
As of June 30, 2022, the expected annual minimum lease payments of the Company’s operating lease liabilities and other short-term leases were as follows:
For the Year Ended December 31,
Remainder of 2022
$ 1,365 
2023 2,699 
2024 2,281 
2025 300 
2026 and thereafter
10 
Total future minimum lease payments, undiscounted
6,655 
Less: Imputed interest for leases in excess of one year
(543)
Present value of future minimum lease payments
$ 6,112