“CultInfos” on FLYDE: the Riviera startup reinventing maritime delivery
The media outlet CultInfos dedicates an article to FLYDE and its drive to democratise maritime drone delivery on the French Riviera. The piece looks back on the singular trajectory of this startup based in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, sitting at the intersection of three traditionally separate sectors: aeronautics, logistics and yachting.
The article describes how FLYDE chose from the outset to build its model not as a simple drone service, but as a genuine aerial logistics infrastructure — with approved corridors, operational procedures validated by the authorities, and a real-time supervision tool (the Smart Cockpit). An approach that explains the long regulatory instruction time, but which now places the startup in a unique position on the European market.
Several key milestones are highlighted: the signature of the protocol with Côte d’Azur Airports (covering Nice, Cannes-Mandelieu and Saint-Tropez), the partnership with the South-East Air Navigation Services, the Monegasque authorization issued by the Civil Aviation Directorate of Monaco, and the operational authorization for Antibes Port Gallice obtained in March 2026.
The article also addresses the territorial and environmental dimensions of the project: replacing tender shuttles with electric flights, reducing emissions and noise in ports, easing dock congestion in peak season. Benefits documented under the demonstrator certified by the Pôle Mer Méditerranée.
Looking ahead: commercial launch in June 2026, first international proof-of-concept in Sardinia in August, and progressive rollout across the Mediterranean yachting zones, then the Caribbean.
