Germany’s post office beats Amazon and Google with launch of world’s first drone delivery service
<< Deutsche Post AG, Europe’s largest postal service, is about to begin deliveries of medication and other urgent goods to the island of Juist using unmanned helicopters after securing approval from state and federal transport ministries and air traffic control authorities to operate in a restricted flight area. The vehicles, called parcelcopters, will operate from Friday, weather permitting, and fly for four to six weeks in the pilot project, the Bonn-based company said yesterday. >> http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/26/germanys-post-office-beats-amazon-and-google-with-launch-of-worlds-first-drone-delivery-service/
