Wing Takes Over Aussie Skies

Imagine having your lunch or an urgent grocery item swiftly delivered to your doorstep by a drone. This once futuristic vision is now a reality in parts of Australia, thanks to Google’s drone delivery company, Wing. Since establishing its drone “nests” in Crestmead and Marsden, Queensland in 2019, Wing has broadened its reach around Logan City, and, more recently, in Ipswich, partnering with businesses such as Coles and Doordash.

Simon Rossi, Wing’s Australia Managing Director, revealed that customers simply order items via an app and then wait for the drone to make the drop. The company has reportedly already completed over 300,000 global deliveries, the majority in Australia, making South Queensland the ‘drone delivery capital of the world.’

Yet, don’t expect Wing’s drones to dominate big city skies or rural landscapes anytime soon. “We will be really focusing on that suburban area around cities,” Rossi explained, highlighting the constraints of urban…