# DoorDash secures FAA approval to launch its own drone delivery service

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business/
- Published: 2026-07-29T13:12:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-29T19:32:24+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- DoorDash is launching its own drone delivery arm, DoorDash Air.
- It has FAA Part 135 certification to operate commercially in the US.
- No launch date yet; existing Wing and Flytrex partnerships continue.

## Summary

DoorDash has confirmed it is building its own drone delivery operation, DoorDash Air, complete with custom-built aircraft, after securing a Part 135 air carrier certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration that allows it to run a commercial drone delivery service. The move, developed in-house by DoorDash Labs, the company's robotics and autonomy division, extends its ambitions well beyond its origins as an app linking restaurants and customers with human delivery drivers, placing it alongside established drone logistics players such as Amazon, Wing and Zipline.

No timeline has been set for deploying the drones; DoorDash expects to begin with limited pilot flights kept within an operator's line of sight before pursuing further FAA approval for autonomous Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations, and it will continue its existing drone partnerships with Wing and Flytrex alongside the new venture. DoorDash Labs is the same team behind Dot, the sidewalk delivery robot launched in September 2025 that now runs in parts of the Phoenix area and in Fremont, California; both projects sit on a shared "Autonomous Delivery Platform" that decides in real time whether a human driver, a robot or a drone should handle a given order. Co-founder and chief product officer Stanley Tang framed the strategy as solving the full stack of autonomy problems on one network, rather than pursuing drone or robot technology for its own sake.

## Coverage

- [TechCrunch: DoorDash secures FAA approval to launch its own drone delivery service](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business/)
- [The Verge: DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division](https://www.theverge.com/science/970731/doordash-air-drone-delivery-faa)

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