UPS, FedEx partner airline agrees to buy 20 pilotless cargo planes in $134M deal

The feeder services company based in Dallas said in a statement that the new planes will “aid in modernizing Ameriflight’s fleet and allow the offering of a high quality and differentiated product in a part of the industry seeing exponential growth.”…

Ameriflight says “The Natilus fleet of carbon fiber, blended-wing-body designed cargo aircraft offer a 60% reduction to cost of operations and cuts carbon emissions by half…

“The Natilus Kona, which Ameriflight is eyeing, is a 3.8-ton payload short-haul feeder uncrewed aerial vehicle,” it added. “It will be used to support the company’s increased business opportunities, primarily for Ameriflight’s expedited supply chain services.” …

Natilus co-founder and CEO Aleksey Matyushev also told the news website that it expects to begin Kona flight tests late next year and customer deliveries by 2026.