May 12, 2022
Royal Mail wants fleet of 500 drones to carry mail to remote UK communities
Image source, Royal Mail.The Royal Mail wants a fleet of 500 drones to help deliver the mail to remote communities across the UK.In the next three years it hopes up to 200 drones will help carry the mail on 50 new routes with the Isles of Scilly, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides the first to benefit. Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, told the BBC the drones were originally designed to deliver aid in Africa. Royal Mail argues that drones offer a chance to reduce carbon emissions, Drone-makers Windracers, Royal Mail's partner on the new routes, says they produce 30% fewer emissions than comparable piloted aircraft. Besides the Royal Mail, a limited number of trials of deliveries by drone are taking place in the UK.Last year, a company called Skyports started carrying Covid test samples and other medical materials between medical facilities. In general, the CAA says trials of drone deliveries are based on either limiting other aircraft's access to the airspace where drones are flying, or by drones sharing the airspace with others in a very controlled way.
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