Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 -- Sri Lanka plans to introduce autonomous passenger drones for commercial operations, following its first official demonstration of a human-carrying drone held at Port City Colombo yesterday (11). Ports, Civil Aviation and Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka said the technology had the potential to transform several industries, particularly tourism and logistics, adding that the Government intended to explore its commercial applications beyond tourism.Sri Lanka travel

The demonstration was conducted using an EHang EH216-S electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, marking Sri Lanka's first official demonstration of an autonomous passenger drone.

"This technology could create opportunities in tourism dev...