Drone delivery company Wing works with DoorDash and Walmart as it makes progress in Australia and USA

In partnership with DoorDash and QIC, Wing is expanding its drone delivery services into Victoria, Australia for the first time.

Following five plus years in South East Queensland, Wing will offer residents living in 26 suburbs in Melbourne’s east the option to order food, beverages, small household items, and other goods on-demand through the DoorDash app.

In an online post, Wing said: “Melbourne has one of the best food scenes in the world, is the food delivery capital of Australia, and starting today, is the largest metro area in Australia where Wing drone delivery is available.”

“Wing is expanding into greater Melbourne, bringing more than five years of commercial delivery experience in Australia to the state of Victoria.”

It added: “This expansion is supported by updated regulatory approvals we’ve received from the Australian government. Our approved delivery area covering Melbourne is our largest in Australia to date, as is the pilot to aircraft ratio which governs our highly automated operations.”

“These changes allow a single pilot to oversee up to 50 drones in the air at any given time, an increase of over three times our prior approvals. This increase was achieved by demonstrating the safety of our aircraft, our system, and our operations, while delivering directly to homes over the past five years in Australia.”

“Giving over 250,000 Melbourne area residents access to drone delivery via the DoorDash app, our first Nest in Victoria is located at QIC’s Eastland Shopping Centre in Maroondah.”

“This expansion marks significant growth into major metro cities, allowing for hundreds of thousands more people, and dozens of new merchants, to have access to drone delivery in Australia through DoorDash.”

Walmart

Following the news that Walmart is integrating drone delivery into its app, Wing has officially launched service from two new locations – in Arlington (4800 US 287 Highway) and Fort Worth (8520 N Beach St), TX. 

The pair now offer drone delivery from six locations to homes in more than a dozen localities across the DFW metroplex.

Dallas is the first place in the US with two drone companies sharing airspace, demonstrating, Wing states, how competitors can play together safely to advance the category forward.