Drone Delivery Canada (DDC), with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, has entered into three commercial agreements with each of Edmonton International Airport (EIA), Apple Express Courier, and Ziing Final Mile (the customers) to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution at Edmonton International Airport.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreements, DDC will enable defined-route delivery from EIA to deliveries off airport property utilizing the Sparrow drone and its DroneSpot® takeoff and landing zones as well as additional drone flight infrastructure as required. The customers will use DDC’s Sparrow delivery drone solution to transport a wide variety of cargo and all operations will be conducted in accordance with appropriate Canadian regulations. Flights will be remotely monitored by DDC from its Operations Control Centre located in Vaughan, Ontario and DDC will commence deployment of site infrastructure shortly, expecting to begin providing drone delivery services under the commercial agreements in Q3 of 2021.
The agreements provide for the payment from customers of up-front fees and monthly fees for professional managed services for the project term of 12 months. This deployment will be the first use of an automatic delivery drone solution to provide B2B cargo delivery at Edmonton International Airport. These will be the Company’s first commercial contracts in Alberta and with courier companies.
