The Finnish postal service Posti Group had run some tests with drones for parcel delivery. At the beginning of this month, the postal company let drones fly while transporting parcels between mainland Helsinki and Suomenlinna, an island fortress about five kilometers from the Finnish capital.
Posti Group is testing ways to make online shopping quicker and better for both sender and recipient. The test with drones is just one of those ways. The Finnish postal service told Reuters it’s the first company in Europe to experiment with drones for mail delivery in an urban area, with a flight path that is partially obstructed. Posti started the four-day test on September 2, dispatching parcels weighing up to three kilograms.
