Low capital and operational cost e-commerce logistics system and method for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise to large geographical areas

A low capital and operation cost e-commerce logistics system, the system comprising:

• at least one Central Fulfillment Center (CFC) (2) having a storage area of at least about 5,000 m2 and a height of at least two meters between a floor and a top-most roof of the CFC (2), and configured to store at least 10,000 items of e-commerce merchandise (21), wherein the CFC (2) is located at a distance of not more than 50 km from a runway facility for at least one of take-off or landing of a manned aircraft;
• a computing system (3) configured to receive fulfillment information (23) of at least 1,000 orders per day placed from at least one of an online shopping platform or a consumer (22);
• where the computing system (3) is in network connection or in communication with the at least one CFC (2), in order to receive the fulfillment information (23) of the placed orders;
• a sorting system (4) that selects the merchandise (21) stored in the at least one CFC (2) and, based on the fulfillment information (23), prepares at least one of a multibox package (41), an individual package (42), or combinations thereof that contain the selected merchandise (21), wherein the prepared packages are then configured or prepared as part of at least one air-cargo (43), which is air-dropped by at least one manned air-drop delivery aircraft (5) that is capable of carrying a total air-cargo load of at least 2,000 kgs in average and capable of flying at a speed of at least 200 km/h;
• at least one air-cargo ejection system (7) located within the aircraft (5), that selectively drops the at least one air-cargo (43) from the aircraft (5) at an altitude of between 5 m and 20,000 m while the aircraft is flying, so that the air-cargo (43) lands within at least one drop zone (8);
• at least one drop zone (8), wherein the drop zone (8) is configured to receive the at least one air-cargo (43) dropped from the air-drop delivery aircraft (5);
• at least one of a landing assisting system (9) or a path guidance system (10), wherein the landing assisting system is configured to reduce the landing speed of the air-cargo and/or providing a softer landing of the at least one air-cargo (43), and wherein the path guidance system is configured to provide guidance to the at least one air-cargo (43);
• and
• at least one delivery system (15) arranged to deliver the e-commerce merchandise (21) to consumers from the drop zone (8), wherein the e-commerce merchandise can optionally go through an outbound sorting center (14) before being delivered to the consumer.