# "Amazon aims to launch service by end of 2025" (DEPLOY verdict: Partly true)

- **DEPLOY verdict:** Partly true
- **Claim type:** Timeline
- **Claimed:** 2025-05-01
- **Implied deadline:** 2025-12-31
- **Claimed by:** [Amazon Prime Air](/companies/amazon-prime-air.md)

## How DEPLOY assessed this

Prime Air did launch in new markets (Michigan) by end of 2025, but also suspended service in existing markets. Partial: expanded but not a full launch.

## Proof on file

- Claim source: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2025/05/01/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-fulfillment-center.html
- Status evidence: https://dronelife.com/2025/09/01/amazon-shifts-drone-delivery-strategy-to-new-u-s-cities/
- Status evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Air

## See also

- [Amazon Prime Air's full claims ledger](/companies/amazon-prime-air.md)
- [Claim Integrity Index](/stats/claim-integrity.md): which robot companies deliver on their claims.

_Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources, restated only by appending a new event. Canonical URL: /claims/amazon-prime-air-c2_