Sixty thousand people just became eligible to have chicken wings, submarine sandwiches, ice cream and more air-dropped straight into their backyards.
Israeli drone delivery firm Flytrex, which operates commercial services in both Texas and North Carolina, on Thursday announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the doubling of its delivery radius from 1 to 2 nautical miles. That opens the service up to 100,000 people, a 150% increase over the 40,000 who were previously eligible.
“This approval allows us to reach roughly 100,000 customers with our ultrafast delivery, and we look forward to continuing this exciting flight path to one day bring three-minute delivery to the tens of millions of backyards across the U.S.,” said Yariv Bash, co-founder and CEO of Flytrex.
Flytrex’s delivery drone is purpose-built for last-mile delivery. Some drones are capable of flying hundreds of miles, carrying 50 pounds of payload or going 24 hours on a single charge, but Flytrex doesn’t need to do any of that. Instead, its drone is tailored for speedy suburban deliveries, with a capacity of 6.5 pounds and a flight radius of 5 miles round trip.
