Food delivery in Hong Kong has reached a new height as a major provider has started to use drones to send out orders, cutting the waiting time by 35 minutes.
The service, provided by Keeta Drone, a subsidiary of mainland Chinese food delivery giant Meituan, delivers orders from two fast-food restaurants in Science Park to a landing zone on Ma On Shan Promenade.
The operator said it was planning to expand the service to other locations in the new town using the company’s automatic kiosk system.
“The reason that we chose the Science Park and Ma On Shan area is because this is considered a relatively low-risk area with the bay separating the two [areas],” said Mao Yinian, vice-president of Meituan and the president of Keeta Drone.
The location is understood to be seen as low risk as it is safer for drones to land in Tolo Harbour if any issues are to occur.
Keeta Drone said that it hoped to align its operations with the pace of the Low-altitude Economy Regulatory Sandbox policy in Hong Kong, adding that the gradual transition from low-risk to high-risk areas was the general approach for regulatory efforts worldwide.
