Amazon halts plans for drone delivery in Italy

Amazon said on Sunday ‍it has decided not to pursue plans ⁠to deliver goods by drone in Italy, saying that while it had made good ‌progress ‌with aerospace regulators, broader business regulatory issues did ‌not support the project.

The Italian civil aviation ENAC called the decision unexpected, saying in a statement on Saturday ​the move was motivated ​by company policy, linked to “recent financial ‌events involving ‍the Group”. The company had ‍announced in December 2024 the successful completion ‌of initial tests of delivery drones in San Salvo, a town in the central Abruzzo region.