Telefónica Open Gateway and Bluenest by Globalvia drive the future of medical transport with drones

Telefónica Open Gateway and Bluenest by Globalvia have strengthened their collaboration to accelerate innovation in the drone ecosystem, combining advanced connectivity with air mobility solutions to unlock new market opportunities. 

This partnership is part of the European U-ELCOME project, designed to support the roll-out of U-Space services and procedures for the safe and efficient integration of drone traffic into European airspace.

As part of this collaboration, on 17 September 2025, and within the framework of European Mobility Week, Madrid hosted the event ‘The Future of Medical Transport’. The highlight was a live demonstration of a logistics drone flight between Hospital Carlos III and Hospital Universitario La Paz. The purpose was to showcase the potential of medical air logistics to speed up the delivery of critical supplies, cut delivery times, and improve emergency response.

This initiative builds on solid foundations: Bluenest has already conducted several flight trials with the support of Telefónica Open Gateway. These include a pilot programme for urgent medicine transport in La Gomera, as well as demonstrations at Hospital Universitario de Cantoblanco and the Port of Seville. Each of these real-world scenarios has validated the technology’s ability to deliver safer, more efficient operations.

For the Madrid demonstration, Bluenest provided its vertiport management technology (VCS), weather control systems, and FATO monitoring using computer vision, while Telefónica Open Gateway provided a set of key APIs:

• Quality on Demand (QoD): Ensures the best available network quality throughout the entire flight.
• Dynamic Airspace Connectivity Data: Provides 4G/5G coverage insights at altitude for BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) flights.
• Population Density Data: Supplies dynamic population density maps based on anonymised and aggregated data.

These capabilities enable operators to plan safe routes, ensure mission continuity, and comply with regulations, improving safety not just during take-off and landing, but along the entire flight path.

With these initiatives, Spain is taking important strides in deploying U-Space, the ecosystem that will enable the safe and efficient integration of drones into our airspace. By incorporating real-time mobile network data, drone operations can scale up in urban, healthcare, and densely populated environments, paving the way for widespread autonomous flights.

The collaboration between Telefónica Open Gateway and Bluenest demonstrates how smart connectivity and digital solutions can transform air mobility, delivering tangible benefits for society, particularly in healthcare contexts where every minute matters.

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Bluenest is Globalvia’s innovation business line for advanced air mobility and vertiport network management. Its mission is to become a key player in this emerging infrastructure for air logistics, passenger transport, automated UAS services, and other applications enabled by eVTOL aircraft. With citizens at the heart of its approach, Bluenest by Globalvia designs and operates vertiports that connect new air routes with ground mobility, ensuring safe, rapid, and efficient operations for every stakeholder in this new ecosystem. 

You can find more information here: www.bluenest.io.