Flytrex receives FAA approval to expand its delivery radius to one mile – meaning the company can now serve 10,000 homes.
Flytrex offers on-demand drone delivery to grocery and retail stores in North Carolina. The company works with more leading restaurants and retail chains than any other drone delivery company: and has successfully completed thousands of deliveries. With this approval, the company will be able to fly over cars and people within a 1 mile radius: Flytrex works with Part 135 partner Causey Aviation Unmanned: Now the partnership will “deliver food, drinks and other goods to approximately 10,000 eligible households.” offer that can do this “. sign up for the service, ”reads a press release.
Flytrex has opened 3 drone delivery stations in North Carolina. The latest of these is delivering food orders from restaurants and chains at Holly Springs Towne Center to local residents’ backyards. “Flytrex has been operating in the state ‘First in Flight’ since September 2020, starting in Fayetteville, NC, and expanding its service to the city of Raeford, NC. Since February 2021, Flytrex’s order volume at its North Carolina operations has increased more than tenfold with thousands of deliveries, ”the press release said.
“The ordering process for delivery by drone will remain the same at every location. Eligible households can purchase a variety of grocery orders and merchandise at nearby shops and local restaurants and cafes. Orders are placed via the Flytrex app, which informs customers of their order status along the route until the parcel is safely lowered by cable in their backyards. “
“The delivery of drones is reaching new heights faster than anyone would have expected. This FAA approval will enable us to meet the growing demand for faster and more efficient on-demand delivery in the American suburbs, ”said Yariv Bash, Co-Founder and CEO of Flytrex. “We look forward to continuing this exciting flight path and bringing 5-minute delivery to the millions of backyards across the US.”
Flytrex has been a leader in residential drone delivery since successfully launching the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017. In the US, the company is participating in the FAA’s BEYOND program to provide a framework for flight beyond the visible line of sight (BVLOS).
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