Dronamics and Hellenic Post (ELTA) sign agreement for first postal cargo drone deliveries in Greece
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Now, Dronamics, the primary cargo drone airline licensed to operate in Europe, will collaborate with Hellenic Post (ELTA) to make use of cargo drones for middle mile postal logistics. “Starting with a domestic service connecting the mainland with islands, the 2 corporations are also exploring international cooperation to offer postal cargo drone deliveries from Athens to key European cities,” says an organization announcment.
Dronamics expects to start business operations early in 2024: Greece is the launch market. The corporate plans to ascertain same day service between Athens and areas within the north of the country, in addition to islands within the south. Dronamics will partner with Golden Cargo, a premium logistics, handling and warehousing service provider, because the General Sales and Service Agent.
Dronamics can offer as much as 80% faster, 50% cheaper and 60% lower in CO2 emissions freight in comparison with traditional services, making it well suited to time-sensitive deliveries resembling post and packages. Its remotely-piloted aircraft, the Black Swan, requires 400 meters only to land and take off, a viable solution for reaching distant and underserved areas, where traditional airport infrastructure is missing or underdeveloped. There are over 300 inhabited islands in Greece whose communities can profit from a faster, cheaper and green air cargo solution.
“We’re very excited to be partnering with Hellenic Post, a corporation renowned for its historic legacy and impressive reach. Dronamics is on a mission to enable same day delivery for everybody, all over the place, and joining forces with ELTA helps us move forward in our goal. This collaboration is a pivotal step toward empowering communities, bridging distances and making essential services reasonably priced and accessible for everybody,” says Svilen Rangelov, Co-Founder and CEO of Dronamics.
“The Hellenic Post-Dronamics partnership is a vital initiative that may change the map within the Greek courier market. Along with Dronamics, we are going to provide services throughout Greece faster, farther and in a greener way. This partnership is a turning point in our reorganization, because it summarizes our motto for the longer term: “Reaching all over the place, higher”, says Grigoris Sklikas, CEO of Hellenic Post.
The post and parcel sector is becoming one in all the early adopters of Dronamics’ faster, cheaper, green cargo drone technology. Last month, Dronamics announced an LOI with the Emirates Post Group, the national postal service within the UAE.
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