New Delhi-based drone startup Skye Air Mobility will be taking up a long-range delivery of medicines for Flipkart Health+ at a distance of 60-70 km in Kolkata and surrounding areas as part of its ongoing trials.
In this trial, Skye Air Mobility has been delivering medicines from Flipkart Heath+’s warehouse in Baruipur to its over-the-counter (OTC) shops located at a maximum distance of 16 km, carrying loads of 5 kg of medicines.
Baruipur is a town under the North 24 Parganas district, which comes under the ambit of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Skye Air Mobility’s CEO Ankit Kumar said that the warehouse replenishes goods or medicines to OTCs across Kolkata.
Kumar further said, “With the ongoing BVLOS trials, we anticipate to gather more data on route, flight, cost-economic viability in order to develop models for commercial flights to begin in the next few months.”
