{"data":{"id":2224,"lang":"en","title":"Amazon to Expand Prime Air Drone Delivery to Nearly 500 US Cities by End of 2026","summary":"Amazon plans a sixfold expansion of its Prime Air drone delivery service, reaching nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-08-20T22:01:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-20T22:01:01Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2224-amazon-to-expand-prime-air-drone-delivery-to-nearly-500-us-cities-by-end-of-2026","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2224?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2224.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/3d/80/59d5c2b94125b5453c07b30e2904/about-amazon-hero-prime-air-amazon-news-wl-20260817.jpg","word_count":152,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-expansion","domain":"aboutamazon.com"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/amazon-plans-drone-expansion-as-top-exec-projects-1-million-deliveries.html","domain":"cnbc.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2297,"title":"Amazon rozšíří dronové doručování Prime Air do téměř 500 amerických měst do konce roku 2026","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2297-amazon-rozsiri-dronove-dorucovani-prime-air-do-temer-500-americkych-mest-do","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2297?lang=cs"},"content":"Amazon announced it will grow its Prime Air drone delivery service sixfold, reaching nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of 2026. The company currently operates in 11 locations across 7 states — Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Texas — and will soon add the metro areas of Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Syracuse, and Boise.\n\nDavid Carbon, VP of Prime Air, said Amazon has already delivered hundreds of thousands of packages by drone this year, with thousands completed daily. Deliveries arrive in as fast as 30 minutes for eligible items — about 60% of frequently purchased products that are 5 lbs or under and shoebox-sized.\n\nPricing favors Prime members: free on orders of $50 or more, $2.99 below that threshold, while non-members pay $4.99. The expansion marks one of the largest scale-ups yet for drone delivery in the US, as Amazon pushes to normalize aerial logistics for everyday shopping."}}