‘We don’t stop for red lights’: drone deliveries take off as Australian regulators prepare for air traffic boom

Wing bases its fleets of food and parcel delivery drones on the rooftops of shopping centres, with one pilot responsible for flying up to 50 drones at a time Photograph: Supplied by Wing

Jani Talikka was a commercial pilot flying Boeing 717s but, after ordering a drone delivery as a customer, he decided to shift gears.

“I didn’t leave fixed-wing aviation because I disliked it – but drones are cutting edge,” he tells Guardian Australia. “It’s rare you get to be a part of something like this at the start.”