The challenge of flying autonomous vehicles over urban areas can be summed up like this: No country in the world today allows drones without remote pilots to fly over cities – with or without passengers. The Skyways project therefore aims to help evolve current regulatory constraints. In February 2017, Airbus Helicopters and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) signed a memorandum of understanding allowing Airbus Helicopters to test a drone parcel delivery service on the campus of the National University of Singapore in mid-2017. For the pilot project, Airbus Helicopters is developing an autonomous drone and the overall infrastructure, which is based on an operation management system created by Airbus Defence and Space. The goal of the project is to assess the efficiency and economic effectiveness of such a transport system and provide tangible proof to authorities and the general public that commercial drones can indeed operate safely over urban areas.