Wing has announced a partnership with DoorDash and Brookfield Properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, offering drone delivery from local malls. More than 50 merchants will be available for drone delivery through the DoorDash app.
Wing’s highly automated drones can deliver items and meals to doorsteps in as little as 15 minutes. The drones can navigate to the delivery location at a speed of 65 mph and a cruising height of about 150 feet before safely lowering the delivery to the ground. Wing has been operating in the U.S. for the past 5 years, and has completed more than 400,000 commercial deliveries worldwide.
Beginning December 18, when DoorDash customers with an eligible address in Dallas-Fort Worth place a qualifying order in the DoorDash app, they will see the option to have their items delivered by drone on the checkout page. Once they select drone delivery and place their order, it will be prepared, packaged and delivered via a Wing drone. Wing’s partnership expansion with DoorDash follows pilot programs in Melbourne, Australia and Christiansburg, Virginia.
The expansion is also made possible by a partnership with Brookfield Properties, a global leader in real estate management. Brookfield Properties will trial ways to incorporate drone delivery into its shopping centers. The goal is to enable businesses to take advantage of previously underutilized spaces — such as rooftops or excess parking — in order to reach more customers at home via drone delivery.
“We are proud to be the first landlord to provide drone delivery as another avenue to help our tenants serve our communities,” said Katie Kurtz, senior vice president of Business Development at Brookfield Properties. “We’re committed to meeting the changing needs of the ways people shop. Brookfield Properties has a strong track record of evolving our assets and leading ahead of the curve in retail.”