Amazon Pushing Hard To Start Its Drone Delivery Service

The e-commerce giant's first priority right now is to make the use of its drones commercial and get packages delivered as fast as the company can.

Jeff Bezos quest of providing his customers with cheap and quick deliveries takes a new turn every time; however he never disdains the essence of his business.

Ever since the beginning of Amazon, it has been popular for its low priced and fast deliveries. The company has become a retail giant in the industry and has now become obsessed with building its own fleet of drones to make these deliveries more convenient. The retailer’s aim is to delivery packages to customers within 20 minutes of order placement.

In Washington, the e-commerce giant has become one of the most ‘outspoken’ players in the tech industry as it has been spending millions of dollars pushing its business towards the logistics and delivery powerhouse. It has been the only company that has been religiously meeting with lawmakers as well as the regulators.

 It is probably the only business in the industry that has been pushing regulators to make the use of drones commercial, furthermore it is also encouraging them to improve bridges and roads to ensure safe and smooth deliveries of their packages. These plans are all still in their initial stages however the company is making an additional effort speed up its drone efforts.

According to a few drone makers, the e-commerce organization have been pushing a little too hard and fast to make this happen. Furthermore, pilots and airlines have also argued that opening the skies for the commercial use of these aerial vehicles could results in safety issues. It is a major concern as the regulators will need to establish specific air controlled regulations for these commercial drones which would include specific air routes that will need to be followed.

A senior analyst at Robert W. Baird, Colin Sebastian stated that the retailer is disrupting all these industries one by one, first with its retailing, then with Amazon cloud platform and now its aiming at ruining the transportation industry which include major market leader UPS and FedEx.

Amazon is not the only tech business that has taken an interest in the drone technology; Google and Facebook are also taking a keen interest in the technology. These two companies however are more interested in making communication in several regions easier for the masses and furthermore to make deliveries of packages easier and faster. Co Mayo is a company that is aiming at becoming a ‘center of commercial drone development’ for these tech businesses.

As per a consultation document some companies are likely to begin the use of drones by next year. This report was compiled by Mayo County Council’s enterprise and investment unit and was concluded in January 2016 – however the document is yet to be launched officially. As the drone technology becomes a reality, this document has sited some of the sites that are suitable for the use of these delivery drones.