Soon you can package comes with drones – Aftonbladet

The Finnish postal operator Posti is the first in Europe drönarleverans.

Now the tests they will deliver packages with drones instead of postbil or boat.

– I would estimate that it might take 2-3 years before we have this in place, says CEO Jukka Rosenberg told Reuters.

The mail truck or mail boat comes along with the package delivery will soon be a thing of the past. In the near future, it is the air supply that will apply to have a parcel delivered by a drone.

Posti, the Finnish equivalent to the Post, is currently testing to deliver packages with drones, writes Reuters. The goal is to make internet shopping easier for both the sender and the receiver.

– I would estimate that it might take about 2-3 years before we have this in place. It takes so clear regulations, says Postis CEO Jukka Rosenberg, President of Postis, told Reuters.

Tested supplies

There is accommodation on the island of Suomenlinna, a few kilometers from Helsinki, with start test-flying supplies. The packages, which must not weigh more than three kilos, flown over the water instead of being transported by boat. The plan is that this method will become a permanent feature of business within a few years.

Drönarexperimenten performed by the company Sharper Shape, which has great visions for drones. In the future, the drone can be useful in many areas.

– I expect that when the technology matures further, we will see many companies that have many different applications, from precision agriculture, forestry, inventories of supplies so clearly, review of power lines and traffic count, says the company’s CEO Tero Heinonen told Reuters.