UPS Flight Forward delivers CVS prescriptions by air

UPS took another step forward in its Flight Forward drone delivery business with a successful CVS Pharmacy prescription delivery to a North Carolina customer’s home and another to a retirement community. UPS says it has flown more than 1,500 revenue-generating drone deliveries — carrying nearly 8,00...

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Published inFleet Owner
Main Author Fisher, Josh
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville Endeavor Business Media 05.11.2019
Subjects
Commodities
Customer services
Delivery services
Drones
Pharmacy
Pilot projects
Prescriptions
Price, Scott
Retirement
Transportation services
North Carolina
United States > US
Virginia
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Summary:UPS took another step forward in its Flight Forward drone delivery business with a successful CVS Pharmacy prescription delivery to a North Carolina customer’s home and another to a retirement community. UPS says it has flown more than 1,500 revenue-generating drone deliveries — carrying nearly 8,000 medical samples — at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C. UPS is expanding the drone delivery services to other hospitals, universities and corporate campuses around the U.S. while also turning its attention to consumer deliveries. [...]while the nascent delivery service has focused on the health care industry, it has its sights set on transporting special commodities and other regulated goods in the future as it partners with other drone manufacturers to build varying cargo capacities.
ISSN:1070-194X