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Amazon Prime Air Receives FAA Approval to Expand Drone Delivery
Delivery // May 30, 2024

Amazon Prime Air has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its drone delivery operations. This approval allows Prime Air to scale its operations to more locations in the United States, bringing the company closer to its goal of delivering packages...

Report: Amazon Drone Delivery Program Executive Departs Company
Amazon // December 11, 2023

Amazon’s drone delivery program has reportedly lost Sean Cassidy, its head of safety, flight operations and regulatory affairs. Cassidy played a crucial role in obtaining regulatory approvals for the expansion of the program and was Amazon’s primary liaison with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), CNBC reported Monday...

United CEO Says Airline Industry Short on People, Planes and Planning
Transportation // January 18, 2023

Despite a better-than-expected year-end 2022 performance, United Airlines sees structural changes to the industry remaking air travel. On its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings call Wednesday (Jan. 18), United CEO Scott Kirby said, “For a host of reasons, we believe the industry capacity aspirations for 2023 and...

Zipline Gets FAA Approval for Drone Delivery of Healthcare Products
Delivery // June 22, 2022

The friendly eCommerce delivery skies are getting a bit more crowded after U.S. regulators have approved Zipline International to make drone-based healthcare product deliveries from its headquarters in North Carolina, according to a Bloomberg report Tuesday (June 21). Zipline made thousands of medical drops in...

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Amazon Prime Air Receives FAA Approval to Expand Drone Delivery

May 30, 2024
Amazon Prime Air has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its drone delivery operations. This approval allows Prime Air to scale its operations to more locations in the United States, bringing the company closer to its goal of delivering packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using highly autonomous […]

Report: Amazon Drone Delivery Program Executive Departs Company

December 11, 2023
Amazon’s drone delivery program has reportedly lost Sean Cassidy, its head of safety, flight operations and regulatory affairs. Cassidy played a crucial role in obtaining regulatory approvals for the expansion of...

Zipline Gets FAA Approval for Drone Delivery of Healthcare Products

June 22, 2022
The friendly eCommerce delivery skies are getting a bit more crowded after U.S. regulators have approved Zipline International to make drone-based healthcare product deliveries from its headquarters in North Carolina,...

Lawmakers Blast Federal Regulators Over 5G Rollout

February 04, 2022
Capitol Hill lawmakers blasted federal agencies Thursday (Feb. 3) accusing them of failing to communicate possible aviation safety worries over the rollout of 5G wireless services. The hearing, before the...