Drone deliverance may be the hereafter , but in most places , that future tense is currently mired in a whole lot of red tape . Amazon , for instance , has had some majorheadachesdealing with the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) while taste to get its Prime Air serving in the air . In Iceland , though , that ’s no longer a problem . Reykjavik will be the first metropolis to set aside commercial drone bringing , New Atlasreports .
The trajectory will be do by by the bourdon companyFlytrex , which is partnering with the Icelandic shopping siteAHA , an all - purpose online retailer that pitch restaurant food for thought , foodstuff , widget , book of account , and more .
Right now , AHA delivers over land , but Iceland ’s geographics makes that a time - run through process . Reykjavik ’s waterways and inlet produce plenty of obstacles for number one wood . harmonise to Flytrex , their mule radio-controlled aircraft can have a bun in the oven up to 6.5 Ezra Loomis Pound over six air mile . It ca n’t exactly crisscross the city ( Reykjavik covers 106 square miles ) , but the drones will supplement AHA ’s other delivery method by fly between the part of the urban center separated by water supply . The company estimate that the drones can cut a 25 - arcminute cause down to just four minutes , reducing delivery costs by 60 percent . Plus , the bourdon are galvanic , slew down on gas use .
While the company claims this will be the first urban drone delivery , The Washington Postnotes that other company have performed beta trial elsewhere . Amazon has genus Beta - tested rescue in the UK . And in 2016 , Domino’stestedpizza delivery by drone alfresco of Auckland , New Zealand . Chipotle hastested outburrito pitch in Virginia . But this seems to be one of the first services to go beyond beta examination and actually set in motion a delivery service by drone , with the full regulative go - ahead .
Those Reykjavik take - out rescript just got a whole fortune more rapid . Sushi that fell through the strain to arrive on your doorstep ? Yes , please .
[ h / tNew Atlas ]
