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Bloomberg posted an article saying an offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Wing has become the first drone operator to receive FAA approval as an airline. This gives the company the certification it needs to begin routine deliveries of small consumer items by drone. The article says the company plans to begin testing in two rural communities in Virginia within the next few months.

Because of current regulations, in order for Wing to operate over long ranges out of sight of an operator and actually charge for service, it needed to work with the FAA to become a full-fledged air carrier. Drone regulations still don’t permit most flights over crowds and urban areas, limiting where Wing can operate, but the approvals give the company the ability to begin charging for deliveries of clients’ goods and to apply for permission to expand to other regions. Wing’s new status also clears the way for other companies seeking to delve into drone commerce.

Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a corporate restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.

Click on this link to read the full article: Alphabet's Wing becomes first drone airline By Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com, April 23, 2019