Amazon Expands Drone Delivery Service to Nearly 500 Cities

Amazon is expanding its Prime Air drone delivery service to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of the year, a sixfold increase from its current footprint.

The planned expansion comes after Amazon announced it had made hundreds of thousands of deliveries so far this year, with thousands delivered daily.

Amazon's Prime Air service has been in development since 2013, when founder Jeff Bezos first laid out his vision for the service to deliver small packages in 30 minutes or less.

The company received a critical greenlight from regulators in 2024 and has expanded beyond initial markets near Dallas and Phoenix to 11 metro areas, with six other locations coming online soon.