How about delivering goods by drone?
The company Dragonflypads has been organizing trials since July at Rungis.
During the test period, a drone flies over the international market with champagne, food products (such as oysters or mushrooms for example) or even mechanical parts on board.
The device can transport up to 5 kg of goods.
Around fifty test flights were thus carried out.
“We wanted to show that surveillance or delivery drones can safely fly over an urban environment as complex as that of Rungis,” explains Sissel Thorstensen, co-founder of Dragonflypads.
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On the Rungis market, the principle of delivery by drone could be of interest to certain wholesalers. “There is a bit of a fancy side to delivering (by drone) two glasses of champagne, for example,” says Véronique Gillardeau, oyster producer and manager of Maison Blanc, a seafood wholesaler. if you could use a drone to fetch documents from the veterinary services on the other side of the market, that would help a lot of people. Speed is also one of the arguments that also appeals to Foed Chakirk, manager of the professional equipment manufacturer Au Savetier de Rungis. "If a MIN cook forgot his protective equipment, for example, on a simple phone call we would be able to send him gloves and safety shoes in a few minutes", imagines Foed Chakir.
Could delivery drones soon fly over the capital?
“There are huge emerging markets for drone cargo delivery.
That amounts to billions, ”estimates Jérôme Snollaerts, co-founder of Dragonflypads.
But "deliveries by drone in large cities like Paris, it is not for tomorrow", recognizes Sissel Thorstensen, "it will come with the development of air corridors".
