Wing expands service to Melbourne with DoorDash while advancing Australian regulatory approvals

Melbourne has one of the best food scenes in the world, is the food delivery capital of Australia, and starting today, is the largest metro area in Australia where Wing drone delivery is available. Wing is expanding into greater Melbourne, bringing more than 5 years of commercial delivery experience in Australia to the state of Victoria.

This expansion is supported by updated regulatory approvals we’ve received from the Australian government. Our approved delivery area covering Melbourne is our largest in Australia to date, as is the pilot to aircraft ratio which governs our highly automated operations. These changes allow a single pilot to oversee up to 50 drones in the air at any given time, an increase of over three times (3x) our prior approvals. This increase was achieved by demonstrating the safety of our aircraft, our system, and our operations, while delivering directly to homes over the past 5 years in Australia.

Giving over 250,000 Melbourne-area residents access to drone delivery via the DoorDash app, our first Nest in Victoria is located at QIC’s Eastland Shopping Centre in Maroondah. This expansion marks significant growth into major metro cities, allowing for hundreds of thousands more people, and dozens of new merchants, to have access to drone delivery in Australia through DoorDash. 

2024 is the year of drone delivery. With this latest expansion, Wing and DoorDash continue to meet the rising demand for fast and efficient food delivery.