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During the test flights, they tested unmanned aircraft suitable for transporting passengers and relatively heavy cargo, and passengers were not allowed to stay on them for the time being, Times of Israel daily.
Traffic on the country’s public roads is regularly hampered by heavy traffic jams. The overall goal of the project is to use drones to improve traffic congestion and provide more efficient commercial and public services.
According to Miri Regev, Minister of Transport
In terms of its scale and complexity, it is the first initiative of its kind in the world.
In the next two years, Israeli companies using drones will conduct test flights covering the entire territory of the country on a monthly basis for a week.
Israeli airspace is among the most controlled in the world and one of the busiest for its size.
Among the machines tested was, for example, the Israeli-made AIR ONE, which has two seats and can carry a maximum load of 220 kilograms over a distance of up to 160 kilometers. Its wings can be folded to facilitate parking.
Another participant in the test flights was the Chinese model, EH206-S. It is also suitable for carrying two people and has a payload capacity of 220kg, but can only cover a distance of 30km.
