News / 'Drones are the 'ideal solution' to getting cargo to Africa's remote areas'

Unmanned aircraft could represent “an opportunity to get into Africa’s vast and untapped air cargo markets”.

Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow, founder and chief executive of Astral Aviation Sanjeev Gadhia said the untapped Kenya market alone was valued by the WTO at £2.4bn.

The intra-Africa cargo carrier also announced it had signed a letter of intent to acquired two Falcon Drones’ Lucas F-250s, which offer a flying time of up to 10 hours, a speed of up to 200kph, capacity for Euro ...