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New Zealand pizza chain to make deliveries by drone
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Domino's Pizza Entertainment conducted a drone pizza delivery trial on Thursday in Auckland as it aims to become the first company to regularly provide the commercial service, AFP reported. (Shutterstock/-)
A pizza chain in New Zealand, is set to start offering a delivery service using drones later this year.
Domino's Pizza Entertainment conducted a drone pizza delivery trial on Thursday in Auckland as it aims to become the first company to regularly provide the commercial service, AFP reported.
Some of the world's biggest companies, including Amazon and Google, have plans to make deliveries by drone and aviation authorities in US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, have been relaxing their rules to allow air deliveries.
Last month, a 7-Eleven convenience store in the US conducted the first commercial drone delivery as part of a trial, starting with small, light packages such as coffee, donuts and a chicken sandwich.
(Read also: Facebook successfully tests first full-scale internet drone)
Both 7-Eleven and Domino's are using drones provided by drone company Flirtey. The latter said that it was also looking at opportunities for drone delivery trials in Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Japan and Germany.
Drone deliveries will reportedly be legal in Australia by next month, provided the drones stay at least 30 meters from houses. In the US, drones will be allowed to make deliveries from Aug. 29, but not across state lines or over people. (kha/kes)
