Marking the first routine, commercial, long-range drone deliveries in Japan, US drone company Zipline and logistics company Toyota Tsusho have flagged off medical deliveries in May to the remote Gotō Islands, a chain of dozens of tiny islands off the western coast of Kyushu in southwestern Japan. The first test delivery with a Zipline drone was successfully conducted on April 28 for a medical institution on Naru-Island, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture.
The service is expected to cut delivery times to 15–30 minutes from several hours. With commercial flights set to begin soon, this also marks Zipline’s first strategic operational partnership, offering a new model for scaling our instant logistics system across the globe. Okeoma Moronu, Zipline’s Head of Aviation Regulatory and Legal Affairs talks about the span and scope of the project.
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