FAA Approves Amazon For Prime Air Drone Delivery Service

William Garvey Jessica A. Salerno Molly McMillin September 16, 2020
Amazon Prime Air
On Aug. 29, e-commerce giant Amazon received FAR Part 135 approval from the FAA for its Prime Air drone delivery service, making it the third U.S. company so granted. However, the Seattle-based company did not say where or when it would begin commercial deliveries by drones. In April 2019, Alphabet...
William Garvey

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

Jessica A. Salerno

Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.

Molly McMillin

Molly McMillin, a 25-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week market intelligence report.

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