Mail began to use drones for delivery of documents because of the shortage of people

In November, 2018 the Japanese postal service Japan Post officially began to use drones for delivery of documents in Fukushima. The innovation became result of shortage of working hands in transport department of the country. Earlier mail forwarded with drones only own documents and advertisements, and only between two post offices in Fukushima, however now the drone will be used for normal mail deliveries six days a month.

On the basis of the taking place field tests efficiency analysis of use of drones will be carried out, and heads of divisions will estimate what else sections of traditional mail can be replaced with the standardized air deliveries. Drones even more often are considered as an effective method of fight against labor shortage, and mail of Japan intends to use them for a start as the instrument of delivery of documents in deleted – in particular rural and mountain – regions of the country, and then and in general on islands.

The drone which Japan Post began to use for delivery of documents

The first trial flight was marked by delivery of New Year's cards with drones which were drawn by children from local school – the parcel post was sent from post office in Minamisom at 9 in the morning and arrived in Namye who is in 9.6 km in 15 minutes. The unmanned aerial vehicle used by mail is capable to reach the maximum speed of 54 kilometers per hour.

Mail of Japan considers tested by a turning point of the history. So far she is going to use the drone six days a month within two daily flights there and back, but is already going to expand use of unmanned aerial vehicles if they like the first results of this project. The century industry realized the potential of the modern tool and, certainly, intends to use it.^[1]

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