21 June 2024 Punjab Khabarnama : If you are a resident of Fresco (housing society), in Gurugram’s Nirvana Country or two other societies in the city, chances are that your parcels that are being sent through logistics company Blue Dart, is being delivered via drones.
National Capital Region-based startup Skye Air, has tied up with DHL Group’s Blue Dart to deliver items with the help of drones. The deliveries started a couple of weeks ago, and Ankit Kumar, the CEO of Skye Air estimates that has been able to shorten delivery times from 1 hour, using conventional methods, to 7-8 minutes using drones.
“We fly from Sector 70- 71 in Gurugram. We have our hub in the area. The drone takes off from there it goes to a port (Skye Pod), which is in a residential complex. We have activated Skye Pods in three societies right now for Blue Dart,” Kumar told Moneycontrol.Kumar added that taking into consideration the current heatwave in the NCR region, where temperatures have even hit 50°C, the drones fly from 6 am to 11 am. “We don’t fly from 11 am to 6 pm,” Kumar said.