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Czech online retailer to try drone deliveries

Xinhua, November 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mall.cz, the second largest domestic online retailer in the Czech Republic, announced on Sunday that it will become the first online retailer in the country to try drone deliveries.

The company said it would try drone deliveries next week. According to the company, the introduction of the drone delivery service will greatly reduce the delivery costs and improve delivery speed. The unmanned aircraft delivery has been successfully tested abroad by the Amazon, DHL and Swiss Post.

The test drone delivery would be carried out under the supervision of the Civil Aviation Authority, because such a procedure violates Czech legislation. Jakub Havrlant, head of the Mall Group, said there is a long way to go before the legislation could be modified.

The aim of the test is to verify the entire process from ordering through the identification of the distribution center, drone takeover, to the delivery to the customers. The test will take place at a distribution center near Prague and the customers will be able to track the whole process on Mall.cz's Facebook account or on a special web site.

Mall.cz said there should be no problem for parcels within two kilograms to be transported by drone, and about 80 percent of the goods sold by large online retailers are less than 2 kilograms in weight. The company believes the prospects of drone deliveries are very good. Enditem