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Astral Aviation eyes ‘drone airport’ in Lokichar by February

XOM: GO GREEN NOWKNIN: BOUNCING OFF NEW LOWS HON: BREAK-UP PRESSURECHRW: UPGRADESZIM: LAGGARDFWRD: LEADINGMAERSK: OPPORTUNISTIC UPGRADETSLA: GETTING OUTDSV: DOWN BELOW KEY LEVELLINE: DOWN TO ALL-TIME LOWS AMZN: DEI HURDLESAAPL: DEI RECOMMENDATIONAAPL: INNOVATIONF: MAKING MONEY IN CHINAMAERSK: THE DAY AFTER

XOM: GO GREEN NOWKNIN: BOUNCING OFF NEW LOWS HON: BREAK-UP PRESSURECHRW: UPGRADESZIM: LAGGARDFWRD: LEADINGMAERSK: OPPORTUNISTIC UPGRADETSLA: GETTING OUTDSV: DOWN BELOW KEY LEVELLINE: DOWN TO ALL-TIME LOWS AMZN: DEI HURDLESAAPL: DEI RECOMMENDATIONAAPL: INNOVATIONF: MAKING MONEY IN CHINAMAERSK: THE DAY AFTER

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Innovative Nairobi-based Astral Aviation is to open a “drone airport” next year and invest in a drone which can carry up to two tonnes of cargo and travel for 1,200km. Aimed at the oil and gas industry, Astral Aerial Solutions will operate drones in Kenya and Rwanda, where the machines have been approved by regulators. The airport will be at Kapese airstrip in the oil-rich Lokichar area. Astral will also buy security drones to monitor the movement of crude oil on trucks.

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