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Mar 25, 2019 (newstodate): The UK-based drone infrastructure firm Skyports has completed a series of urban environment drone delivery trials at Finland's Helsinki Vanta Airport.
The tests during the period March 18-20 were among the first ever to take place in the immediate vicinity of a major international airport.
The drones took off from a Skyports vertiport located at the Matkahuolto distribution terminal adjacent to Helsinki Airport, traveling five kilometers to a supermarket where they landed autonomously on another Skyports vertiport.
Each of the drone flights were fully automated with the flight control center located 14 kilometers away in the center of Helsinki, overseen by a fully qualified commercial drone operator.
The tests during the period March 18-20 were among the first ever to take place in the immediate vicinity of a major international airport.
The drones took off from a Skyports vertiport located at the Matkahuolto distribution terminal adjacent to Helsinki Airport, traveling five kilometers to a supermarket where they landed autonomously on another Skyports vertiport.
Each of the drone flights were fully automated with the flight control center located 14 kilometers away in the center of Helsinki, overseen by a fully qualified commercial drone operator.