Wing (company)

Wing Aviation LLC
Wing
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
  • Aviation
  • logistics
Founded
  • 2012 (2012) (as a project of X)
  • July 2018 (July 2018) (as Wing)
HeadquartersMountain View, California, U.S.
Number of locations
5
Area served
  • United States
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Ireland
Key people
Adam Woodworth (CEO)
ServicesDrone delivery
ParentAlphabet Inc.
Websitewing.com

Wing Aviation LLC, doing business as Wing, is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. that develops a drone delivery system and UTM systems. The company completed its first deliveries in 2014.[1] The company has operations in Australia, the United States, Finland, and Ireland, with potential expansion to the United Kingdom planned.[2][3][4][5][6] In July 2018, Project Wing graduated from Google X to become an independent Alphabet company.[7] As of January 2019, Wing began delivering take-out food and beverages out of its test facility in Bonython, Australia, as part of a pilot program.[8] In April 2019 Wing became the first drone delivery company to receive an Air operator's certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration to allow it to operate as an airline in the US.[9] In the first quarter of 2022, the service made more than 50,000 deliveries.[10]

  1. ^ "Wing". Google X. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Helsinki - Finland". Wing. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. ^ "Canberra – Australia". Wing. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  4. ^ "Virginia – United States". Wing. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  5. ^ "Alphabet drone firm lifts off in Dublin". Independent.ie. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  6. ^ "Wing Blog: Wing and Apian partner to create medical drone delivery service in Ireland and explore opportunities in the UK". Wing Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  7. ^ Koulopoulos, Thomas (July 2018). "The Moonshot to Create the Next Google". Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "Google Drones Can Already Deliver You Coffee In Australia". The Wall Street Journal. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "FAA Certifies Google's Wing Drone Delivery Company To Operate As An Airline". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Alphabet's drone delivery division Wing flies high with 50k deliveries in Q1". The Stack. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-06-14.

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