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October 2, 2019

UPS gets approval to become a drone airline

  • Operations will be limited to campus-like settings because FAA has not yet written regulations to allow commercial drone flights over populated areas.
    • By DAVID KOENIG
    AP Business Writer

    DALLAS — UPS has won government approval to operate a nationwide fleet of drones, which will let the company expand deliveries on hospital campuses and move it one step closer to making deliveries to consumers.

    Many regulatory obstacles remain, however, before UPS — or other operators who are testing drones — can fill the sky over cities and suburbs with drones carrying goods to people's doorsteps.


     
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