by 20 Minutes. Swiss post has said it will deliver the first packages by air this summer. The first deliveries will be made between two medical laboratories on the southern side of the Alps. Swiss Post Drone - Click to enlarge . Test flights were conducted in the canton of Bern last year. Now Swiss Post is ready to make commercial deliveries starting in Lugano. The two medical labs, one kilometre apart, belong to the Ospedale Italiano and the Ospedale Civico. The goal is to transport medical test samples as fast as possible. The operation still requires a final green light from Switzerland’s federal civil aviation authority, which will conduct its own tests in late March, weather permitting. The company expects to run daily drone flights between hospitals from 2018. More on this:20 Minutes article (in French) – Take a 5 minute French test now Related posts: Vaud Discusses Extending Winter School Holiday to 2 Weeks Low strength cannabis sales explode across Switzerland Swiss score highest number of patents per capita. Again.
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Swiss post has said it will deliver the first packages by air this summer. The first deliveries will be made between two medical laboratories on the southern side of the Alps.
Swiss Post Drone - Click to enlarge
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Test flights were conducted in the canton of Bern last year. Now Swiss Post is ready to make commercial deliveries starting in Lugano.
The two medical labs, one kilometre apart, belong to the Ospedale Italiano and the Ospedale Civico. The goal is to transport medical test samples as fast as possible.
The operation still requires a final green light from Switzerland’s federal civil aviation authority, which will conduct its own tests in late March, weather permitting.
The company expects to run daily drone flights between hospitals from 2018.
More on this:
20 Minutes article (in French) – Take a 5 minute French test now
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