Alphabet's Wing To Test Drone Delivery With Walgreens, FedEx in Virginia
September 19 2019 - 2:13PM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Dabaie
Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOG) Wing Aviation LLC said it will work with
FedEx Corp.'s (FDX) FedEx Express and Walgreens Boots Alliance
Inc.'s (WBA) Walgreens to launch a first-of-its-kind drone delivery
service in Christiansburg, Va. next month.
Wing said that its drones will transport select FedEx and
Walgreens deliveries directly to homes through the air.
The Walgreens and Wing offering will provide greater convenience
and access to health and wellness, food, beverage and convenience
products by making over-the-counter medicines and other items
available to local residents for delivery on-demand, through the
air, within minutes after they are ordered. The companies will use
the pilot program to further explore the future of retail delivery
as part of their collaboration.
Eligible customers in the Christiansburg area will have access
to more than 100 products via the Wing app, Walgreens said.
Customers can either choose the individual products they need or a
pre-built pack in: allergy, baby, cough/cold, first aid, pain, and
kids' snacks. Prescription deliveries aren't available via this
service, Walgreens said.
FedEx customers who live within designated delivery zones in
Christiansburg, Virginia, and who opt in to the Wing delivery
service, will be able to receive their packages via drone during
the trial, provided certain operating conditions are met, Wing
said
Christiansburg was selected as the test market as Wing has been
working closely with nearby Virginia Tech to test drone delivery as
part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Integration Pilot
Program since 2016.
Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 19, 2019 13:58 ET (17:58 GMT)
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