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Skyports and Royal Mail to extend UK’s longest running commercial drone delivery service
Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) and Royal Mail have celebrated the one-year anniversary of their pioneering drone delivery service in Orkney by announcing it has been extended until at least February 2026.
Royal Mail partners with Skyports to trial inter-island drone deliveries across the Scilly Isles
This week, Royal Mail announces a trial of the first out-of-sight, autonomous scheduled drone flights between the UK mainland and an island. The trial will see the Company use Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), COVID testing kits and other mail to the Isles of Scilly. Royal Mail has also…
Royal Mail and Skyports partner on drone delivery
– Royal Mail has partnered with DronePrep, Skyports and what3words to become the first nationwide UK parcel carrier to deliver a parcel for recipients via an unmanned aerial vehicle. – The first delivery took place to a remote lighthouse on the Isle of Mull. – Next year the consortium will undertake a consultation with islanders…