News / Matternet meets Matterhorn as Swiss World Cargo readies for drone trial

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Swiss WorldCargo is preparing to trial last-mile deliveries by drone in Switzerland in collaboration with Swiss Post, its local ground handling partner, and US system developer Matternet.

In a potentially game-changing announcement, made at the CNS conference in Orlando, Oliver Evans, chief cargo officer for Swiss, said drone technology “creates new fields of opportunity”.

He promised that proof of concept would be demonstrated “with actual packages of our customers” this summer.

Mr Evans charted three reasons – none of them, interestingly, relating to ...