UPS has won approval to run the first drone delivery airline in the US

UPS has won approval to run the first drone delivery airline in the US

MIT Technology Review·2020-08-14 13:15

It will still be a while before you are able to order drone-delivered packages, however.

The news: The Federal Aviation Administration has granted UPS’s drone business a Part 135 certification, meaning it is treated as a full-fledged airline, able to operate as many drones in as many locations as it wishes (although there are a lot of obstacles and caveats before that can happen in reality). UPS has dubbed its new drone airline “UPS Flight Forward,” and it’s the first in the US to gain official recognition.

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