![]() ![]() This is where your commercial vehicles operate. It works like this - basically, everything above 600 feet in the air is owned by governments. The problem with drone delivery is airspace rights For example, back in 2013 the team at Zookal aimed to deliver textbooks via drone, but now appear to have completely given up on that dream.Īnd it’s no wonder why: This stuff is very complicated. ![]() The private landscape is littered with failed attempts and corpses of companies that went nowhere. The drones have already delivered over 10,000 cups of coffee, 1,000 loaves of bread and 1,200 roasted chickens, far surpassing what Amazon has done in the US. This issue features insightful commentary from Jonathan Dockrell of Skytrade Links - one of the most forward-thinking companies in the (air)space.Īustralia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority gave Wing the green light to operate drones in 2019 . This is Part 2 in our ongoing series on airspace rights. Let’s go beyond the hype to understand what’s holding the industry back, and where we go from here. The technology certainly exists, but the industry seems stalled at best, and overhyped at worst. Yet, ten years later, instead of being widespread, drone delivery is almost nonexistent. The type of airspace rights we’re talking about today takes place 100x closer to earth.Ī decade ago, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos did a famous 60 Minutes interview where he introduced “Amazon Prime Air”: The revolutionary technology where Amazon would use drones to deliver packages to your house in under a half hour. But that happened at an altitude of about 60,000 feet. This week’s issue is timely - yesterday a Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the US. Today we’re taking another look at airspace rights - the complex web at the intersection of private property ownership, logistics, and regulation (not to mention a burgeoning new asset class.) ![]()
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