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(Reuters) – Amazon (NASDAQ:) mentioned on Wednesday it was planning to start delivering packages by drones in Britain, Italy and a 3rd location in the USA, as a part of the e-commerce big’s efforts to broaden its airborne supply program.
The shoppers in these places may have the choice to have their packages delivered by a drone beginning late 2024, Amazon mentioned in an announcement.
Drone deliveries can be built-in into Amazon’s current success community and will probably be deployed from same-day supply websites, the corporate added.
Amazon’s drone primarily based service, referred to as Prime Air, is at present out there in two cites in California and Texas, the place it launched final 12 months.
The retailer has been engaged on a plan to ship items utilizing a fleet of unmanned drones, and had obtained federal approval in 2020 to start testing industrial deliveries in the USA.