Chicken flies high with KFC drone delivery now available in Logan, Qld

Fancy a Zinger burger being flown to you within minutes? In an Australian-first, that’s now possible in one area.

In an Australian-first, KFC has enlisted a drone delivery company to bring Zingers and other fried faves to homes and workplaces in the Logan area between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Wing, owned by Google parent Alphabet, launched in Canberra in 2019 in a world-first, and in Logan the following year.

Since then, suburbs within a 10km radius have been having burgers, groceries, pharmacy items, hardware products, coffee and other products zoomed in via 5kg styrofoam drones that can carry up to 1.5kg.

Orders are made using Wing’s app. Supplied: Wing

Under a pilot program kicking off on Friday, the world’s most famous fried chicken brand will initially be available to a small number of households in the South East Queensland suburbs of Kingston, Logan Central, Slacks Creek, Underwood and Woodridge.

The service will gradually expand to include other nearby locations, Wing says, dubbing Logan “the drone delivery capital of the world”.

“You know the future truly is here when you can get hot, fresh Kentucky Fried Chicken delivered by a drone from the click of a few buttons,” KFC Australia chief marketing officer Kristi Woolrych said.

A KFC drone delivery pilot began in Queensland on Friday. Supplied: Wing

Wing says the number of deliveries rocketed last year as the pandemic raged on and strong demand has continued in 2022.

Earlier this week, spokesman Jesse Suskin told NCA NewsWire the company was planning expansion in Australia.

“We’ll be in more places in south east Queensland. We’ve submitted for those permissions from our regulators,” Mr Suskin said.

“For other states, we’re actively starting to have those conversations right now.”

In another world-first in August, Wing began operating a drone delivery “nest” on the rooftop of Logan’s Grand Plaza shopping centre. Supplied: Wing