DoorDash and Wing test out drone delivery service Down Under
DoorDash and Wing are working together to make drone delivery available via the former’s app in Australia, providing access to food and essentials from local restaurants and retailers in 15 minutes or less.
Launching this week the service will be tested via a pilot programme in Logan, located within the South East Queensland region.
This is the first time that Wing is integrating its drone delivery service within another marketplace.
Initially available to a small number of households in the suburbs of Berrinba, Browns Plains, Crestmead, Heritage Park, Kingston, Logan Central, Marsden, Regents Park, and Waterford West, the offering will gradually roll-out to more customers in surrounding areas over the coming months.
Wing drones can carry a payload of just over 1kg, and travel at a speed of around 110km/h.
Rebecca Burrows, General Manager Australia, DoorDash, says: "We cannot be more excited to be at the forefront of drone deliveries. Wing affords our customers the convenience and speed of air travel deliveries, of the local products and brands they know and love."
"Drone delivery can provide an excellent complement to our ground delivery services. Delivery drones create a quick, efficient delivery option for smaller orders weighing just over a kilo, and free up ground delivery services for larger deliveries that provide better compensation to drivers.”
"This partnership will bring the most popular delivery bundles that customers can expect to receive in less than 15 minutes. Whether it's Vegemite and butter, iced coffee, corn chips and salsa, baby food and even band-aids, this will make accessing those last minute necessities a whole lot easier."
Simon Rossi, Wing Australia General Manager, says: "We're excited to be extending our drone delivery capability by making it available to customers through the DoorDash app, offering DoorDash customers added convenience.”
"Over the last few years, we've seen an acceleration of consumer demand for fast, contactless delivery options, and now people expect quicker, on-demand access to food, medicine, and convenience items.”
"While Wing has traditionally provided delivery services directly to residential and business customers, to further accelerate our technology development, we'll be increasingly working with marketplaces and logistics partners to expand their delivery options, making fast drone delivery affordable and sustainable for them, and their customers."
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