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Amazon (not sleighs and reindeer)NASDAQ: AMZN) has officially launched deliveries using Prime Air drones in Rockford, California and College Station, Texas. Amazon (AMZN) We will improve our service and eventually expand our service nationwide. To fly delivery drones in the US, companies must be approved by the FAA, and the retail giant is one of the few companies in the US to have Part 135 certification.
how to use? Once onboarding is complete, customers can see Prime Air eligible products on Amazon (AMZN). They place their orders as normal and receive an estimated arrival time on their status tracker. Then release the package and ascend to altitude.
“Our aim is to bring drones safely into the skies. We are starting with these communities and will gradually expand delivery to more customers over time.”
competition: Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) (Nasdaq: GOOGL) Wing will begin commercial service just north of Dallas in April and hopes to hit the button for large-scale deployment soon. Walmart (New York Stock Exchange: WMT) The drone delivery program is also available in homes in Dallas, Orlando, Phoenix and Tampa, allowing customers to have diapers and dinner ingredients delivered within 30 minutes. Meanwhile, Uber Eats (NYSE: Uber) has promised to ramp up its drone delivery business in the near future, but so far, the technology has mostly focused on small-scale trials.
