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![Royal Mail_Skyports_2024 _2 Jura postie Graeme Lindsay collects the mail from drone test flight from Islay.
Royal Mail has launched its latest trial to deliver mail by drone, in collaboration with drone specialists Skyports and Argyll and Bute Council.
The drone flights are running between the remote isles of Islay and Jura in the Inner Hebrides for a month until 26 July, with postal workers loading and unloading mail on both sides for the first time.
The multirotor drone, which can carry payloads of up to 6kg, is the same one used in Royal Mail’s previous trial in Orkney. It will transport mail that is usually taken via ferry in a Royal Mail van.](https://skyportsdroneservices.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Royal-Mail_Skyports_2024-_2-1024x631-landscape-21ee616a3e16e33ab9d6e1a92ee8fa15-.jpg)
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