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Drone Logistics: German Airways and Wingcopter Agree on Cooperation
The Zeitfracht Group and German Airways want to commercially deploy drones in logistics. In a joint declaration of intent with the German manufacturer Wingcopter, the companies have now agreed to purchase 17 transport drones of the type “Wingcopter 198” and options for ordering an additional 115 aircraft in two further tranches by the end of 2023. The aircraft is expected to be deployed from the second half of 2024 – initially offshore for tasks such as spare parts delivery to wind farms, the Zeitfracht Group announced on March 29.
Being Able to Land on a Moving Ship
In this business, the Zeitfracht Group is already successfully active with its specialized shipping company OPUS Marine. The use of delivery drones is correspondingly technically demanding: "They must also be able to land precisely on a moving ship. German Airways and Wingcopter will work closely together in developing this feature,” it was said.
Rostock-Laage Airport for Test Flights
Wingcopters will start from Rostock-Laage Airport, which has also been part of the Zeitfracht Group since the beginning of the year and provides the Wingcopter development team with an environment for test flights as well as facilities for measurements and the evaluation of the data collected during these flights.
As a company with an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), German Airways already meets essential requirements to operate Wingcopter's delivery drones in the "specific category" and later also in the "certified category." In addition, German Airways is IOSA certified, thus operating according to the highest internationally agreed standards of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), it further stated. German Airways belongs to the aviation division of the Zeitfracht Group.
Payload of up to five kilograms
According to the information, the drones developed by Wingcopter can be loaded with a payload of up to five kilograms and can cover a distance of between 75 and 110 kilometers, depending on the load.
Zeitfracht board member Wolfram Simon-Schröter explained:
"At the Zeitfracht Group, we are very creative and always interested in deploying new technologies in a market-leading way. From our perspective, the time is now ripe for the commercial use of drones, for instance, for the delivery of spare parts to offshore wind farms. With German Airways, our Rostock-Laage airport, and the experience of our OPUS shipping company in delivery operations on the high seas, we have, together with Wingcopter, ideal conditions to advance this technology significantly."
Tom Plümmer, co-founder and CEO of Wingcopter, is pleased to have gained Zeitfracht as a partner that possesses exceptional experience in logistics and aviation. He added:
"With the planned supply flights to ships and offshore wind farms, we will open up a new, rapidly growing application area for which the Wingcopter 198 is perfectly suited, thanks to its high efficiency, even in extreme weather conditions. Additionally, the test area and close collaboration provide the opportunity to jointly explore further promising business fields."
What does this mean?
Finally, Wingcopter is moving into practice. Only in this way can potential problems, advantages, and real costs be determined. First results will be eagerly awaited.
Translated automatically from German.
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