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FrontRow · Jul 29, 2026

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DoorDash is launching its own drone delivery service, turning the company into a competitor to some of the same drone operators it already counts as partners. DoorDash said Wednesday that it had received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to operate its own commercial drone-delivery service. The company said it's the eighth drone operator in the US to receive the certification. The service, called DoorDash Air, is expected to start commercial deliveries in fall 2026, a company spokesperson said. "We're building the full stack to make that possible from the ground infrastructure to the drone itself, and the handoff systems that make it work together seamlessly," Harrison Shih, head of DoorDash Air, said in a statement. DoorDash is developing the aircraft through DoorDash Labs, the same in-house robotics team behind Dot, its ground-delivery robot. The company said it's also building the routing, safety, maintenance, and merchant-handoff systems needed to operate the service.

DoorDash is launching its own drone delivery service, turning the company into a competitor to some of the same drone operators it already counts as partners. DoorDash said Wednesday that it had received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to operate its own commercial drone-delivery service. The company said it's the eighth drone operator in the US to receive the certification. The service, called DoorDash Air, is expected to start commercial deliveries in fall 2026, a company spokesperson said. "We're building the full stack to make that possible from the ground infrastructure to the drone itself, and the handoff systems that make it work together seamlessly," Harrison Shih, head of DoorDash Air, said in a statement. DoorDash is developing the aircraft through DoorDash Labs, the same in-house robotics team behind Dot, its ground-delivery robot. The company said it's also building the routing, safety, maintenance, and merchant-handoff systems needed to operate the service.

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