{"id":19824,"date":"2021-10-26T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19824"},"modified":"2021-10-26T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:01:35","slug":"flytrex-expands-on-demand-drone-food-delivery-service-to-holly-springs-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/flytrex-expands-on-demand-drone-food-delivery-service-to-holly-springs-north-carolina\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Flytrex Expands On-Demand Drone Food Delivery Service to Holly Springs, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flytrex, a leader in on-demand drone delivery for food and retail, today announced the expansion of its drone delivery service to Holly Springs, North Carolina. In partnership with Causey Aviation Unmanned, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), The Town of Holly Springs, and Kite Realty Group Trust, Flytrex has begun delivering food orders via drone in partnership with Brinker International (home of Chili\u2019s\u00ae Grill &amp; Bar, It\u2019s Just Wings\u00ae and Maggiano\u2019s Little Italy\u00ae) at the Holly Springs Towne Center to front and backyards in the neighborhood of Forest Springs. Flytrex\u2019s newest service caters to dozens of households in the area who have opted into the service. Flytrex will conduct all flights under Part 107, within visual line of sight, maintaining the highest safety standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-4edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19826\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-4edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-4edit-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are soaring into a new age in which smart cities harness\nthe immense power of drones to maximize efficiency and feed consumers\u2019 growing\nappetite for on-demand deliveries \u2013 all while reducing our carbon footprint,\u201d\nsaid Yariv Bash, CEO and Co-Founder of Flytrex. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to expand our\nservice and demonstrate the vast benefits of drone delivery to residents and\nbusinesses in Holly Springs. Together with the FAA and NCDOT, this program will\nreach unprecedented heights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can order food from It\u2019s Just Wings\u00ae, Brinker\nInternational\u2019s virtual brand available from Chili\u2019s\u00ae Grill &amp; Bar at the\nHolly Springs Towne Center via the Flytrex app. The app will update customers\nregarding their order status along the route until the package is lowered by\nwire safely into their front or backyards. The service will expand to\nadditional homes and neighborhoods in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe people of Holly Springs pride themselves on embracing\nnew innovations,\u201d said Holly Springs Mayor Dick Sears. \u201cAs a Smart Cities Award\nwinner, the Town of Holly Springs has been recognized for being a pioneer in\nthe use of new technology, and our residents are excited to see how Flytrex\u2019s\ndrone delivery service can provide additional benefits to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-food-delivery-NCedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19827\" width=\"205\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-food-delivery-NCedit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-food-delivery-NCedit-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Flytrex and Causey Aviation Unmanned are partners in the\nNCDOT\u2019s BEYOND program, one of nine programs in the country selected by the FAA\nto pave the way for routine commercial drone use in the National Air Space.\nNorth Carolina partners have achieved more national firsts and flown more\nmissions by far than all other teams combined since the FAA launched its\nintegration initiative in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly Springs is the third location in North Carolina in\nwhich Flytrex operates. Since September 2020, Flytrex has been operating in\nFayetteville, NC \u2013 delivering groceries, household items, and restaurant orders\nto select customers \u2013 and has since expanded to the neighboring town of\nRaeford. In April 2021, the FAA approved the expansion of the Fayetteville\nservice, making it among the largest-scale backyard drone deliveries of goods\non record. Since February 2021, the volume of Flytrex orders across its North\nCarolina operations has increased more than tenfold, with thousands of\ndeliveries to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flytrex, a leader in on-demand drone delivery for food and retail, today announced the expansion of its drone delivery service to Holly Springs, North Carolina. In partnership with Causey Aviation Unmanned, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), The Town of Holly Springs, and Kite Realty Group Trust, Flytrex has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flytrex-NC-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19828,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19824\/revisions\/19828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}