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A NEW trial of Royal Mail drone deliveries in Orkney will inform whether a similar flights could take place in Shetland. As part of a government-funded project, daily drone mail flights are taking place from Stromness to the Orkney islands of Graemsay and Hoy. The project, in partnership with drone …

Signaling a new dawn in the delivery industry, Royal Mail has started its first drone drop-off services in the United Kingdom. The country’s first drone services began in Orkney, through a collaborative effort between Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services. The delivery option will be used to distribute letters and …

The UK launches its first permanent postal drone delivery service on the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland. Orkney off the coast of Scotland will have its mail delivered by drone from Tuesday after the UK’s first permanent postal drone delivery service was launched for the island. Mail will …

T he UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched in Orkney to provide residents with their mail. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have launched Orkney I-Port to distribute letters and parcels between the islands. Mail will be transported from Royal Mail’s Kirkwall delivery office to Stromness. The drones …

Boots is the first community pharmacy in the UK to use a drone to deliver prescription drugs, as reported by Metro. The drone carried medicine from Baker Barracks on Thorney Island to St. Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight. It was then transferred to local pharmacies to be used …

The plan will be unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow, which returns for the first time since 2018 in a boost for the UK aerospace industry Drones could monitor traffic jams under plans due to be set out today ( Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images) Electric drones could be deployed to fly …

R oyal Mail will increase its use of drones for deliveries by creating 50 new “postal drone routes” over the next three years. The company said the move would help provide faster and more convenient services for remote communities. Drones will also help further reduce Royal Mail’s carbon emissions, the …

In the next three years, the Royal Mail hopes to have 200 drones that will help carry mail to up to 50 new routes including the Isles of Scilly, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides, being the first to receive such service.  Still needing approval from the Civil Aviation Authority …