Sophie O'Sullivan

New Capabilities

Representing the regulator on the Darlington approval

Amazon's Prime Air can now fly delivery drones over more of Darlington, after the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) granted the company a SAIL 4 operating authorisation. The number of households eligible for drone delivery in the town rose from about 600 to roughly 8,000. Amazon says the approval is the first of its kind in the world.

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