Flytrex granted FAA approval for long-range commercial drone deliveries

The drone delivery industry, just like the unmanned aircraft that power it, is currently flying well below the stratosphere.

Among the drone firms that have made their 2022 delivery figures public, none eclipsed more than a few thousand deliveries, mainly owing to the Federal Aviation Administration’s stringent regulations around the young industry.

Those rules, designed to ensure the safety and privacy of the public, have limited commercial drone delivery operations to a handful of companies...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flytrex-granted-faa-approval-for-long-range-commercial-drone-deliveries

If drones can deliver Starbucks, what’s taking so long for packages?

Walmart and Flytrex testing drone delivery

If you live in Fayetteville, North Carolina, you can now have Starbucks delivered — not quite in your backyard yet, but soon perhaps.

An Israeli drone company, Flytrex, has been testing drone delivery in North Carolina, delivering items from restaurants in the Holly Springs Towne Center to a pickup location within a five-minute drone flight. Starbucks, Dairy Queen Blizzards, pastries and light meals are among the menu items.

“It’s more gentle than most human couriers,” Yariv Bash, co-founder and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/if-drones-can-deliver-starbucks-whats-taking-so-long-for-packages?

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