# The Cargo Airline That Was Already Flying Before Anyone Wrote About It

- slug: the-cargo-airline-that-was-already-flying-before-anyone-wrote-about-it
- date: 2026-04-23
- category: Robotics

While headlines focused on the $160M raise, Reliable Airlines had already flown thousands of pilotless cargo runs for FedEx since 2022. The funding round was not a moonshot — it was a scaling bet on a business already running.

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