Cainiao halts airport expansion plan at Liège, while drones delay cargo flow
Cainiao Smart Network, the logistics arm of Chinese ecommerce behemoth Alibaba, has abandoned plans for ...
Despite there being no obvious answer as to how aerial drones are to be regulated by aviation authorities – particularly in the airspace above densely populated cities – Amazon has pressed ahead with designs for drone distribution hubs. They look uncannily like a beehive. You have to applaud Amazon for its creative tenacity, and this article from The Verge describes a recently filed patent application that sets out several versions of “multi-level fulfilment centres for unmanned aerial vehicles”. Even if none of them actually get built, this article is a fascinating insight into how Amazon thinks.
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