Sri Lanka to conduct first passenger drone trial at Port City today
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1 min readFrom 4 outlets- Newswire reports that a passenger-drone demonstration took place at Colombo Port City.
- Newswire and Hiru News (සිංහල) report that a minister rode aboard; Hiru News (සිංහල) describes the flight as successful.
- Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, Ada Derana, Hiru News, Ada Derana (සිංහල), and Hiru News (සිංහල) reported a trial scheduled for November 11.
- Newsfirst (සිංහල) reports commercial passenger operations are expected in the coming months; Daily Mirror reports a six-month operational trial is planned.
Newswire reports that Sri Lanka held its first official demonstration of a passenger transport drone at Colombo Port City. Newswire and Hiru News (සිංහල) report that a minister was aboard, and Hiru News (සිංහල) says the flight was successful.
Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, Ada Derana, Hiru News, Ada Derana (සිංහල), and Hiru News (සිංහල) had announced an initial test for November 11 at Colombo Port City. Daily Mirror describes the aircraft as electric and says the demonstration represents an early move towards passenger-drone services.
Newsfirst (සිංහල) reports that drones brought into Sri Lanka are starting test flights. The outlet says Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku described commercial passenger use as expected in the coming months.
Daily Mirror separately reports that a six-month trial of passenger-drone operations is planned.
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Ada DeranaEN
Sri Lanka to conduct first official trial of passenger drone service in ColomboDaily MirrorEN
Sri Lanka to conduct first passenger drone trial at Port City todayNewswireEN
Sri Lanka successfully conducts first passenger drone demonstration with minister onboardNewsfirst (සිංහල)SI
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- Hiru News (සිංහල) · ලංකාවේ පළමු මගී ඩ්රෝන යානය දිවයිනට: පළමු පියාසර වාරය කොළඹ වරාය නගරයෙන්
- Daily Mirror · Passenger drones set to take off in Sri Lanka
- Daily Mirror · Passenger drone trial flight planned for Colombo
- Newsfirst · Sri Lanka to Launch First-Ever Passenger Drone Service
- Hiru News (සිංහල) · ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ප්රථම වරට මඟී ඩ්රෝන සේවාවක නිල අත්හදා බැලීම අද කොළඹ වරාය නගරයේදී