Fast-moving UK drone delivery and infrastructure developer Skyports has obtained authorization to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) missions in Ireland that don’t require any additional clearances – purportedly the first open-ended approval ever granted in the country or Europe.
One of the world’s leading and quickest-growing providers of drone delivery services and advance air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, Skyports announced on Wednesday it had obtained the self-authorizing BVLOS permit from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA). Specifically, that Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) allows Skyports to conduct BVLOS flights in the country as its business requires, and without having to seek approval prior to each mission as is generally the case. The London-based company says it’s one of just a handful of firms around the globe that has been granted what amounts to BVLOS carte blanche.
Skyports also calls its LUC the first-ever accorded by a…
