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Headline: Orkney Islands Get U.K.'s First Drone Postal Service
Caption: The Orkney Islands now has the U.K.’s first drone postal service. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have established a daily inter-island mail distribution service between three islands on Orkney. The project will initially operate for three months, with the intent to extend in the future. The service is possible and much needed due to the unique landscape of Orkney and the proximity of the islands to one another - allowing for line-of-sight flying. The multirotor drones are capable of carrying payloads of up to 6kg. Letters and parcels will be transported from Royal Mail’s Kirkwall delivery office to Stromness, from where Skyports Drone Services will conduct drone deliveries to Royal Mail staff on Graemsay and Hoy. From these locations, postal workers will then carry out their usual island delivery routes. The drone service should prove a boon to islanders as the weather and geography of Orkney can impact the ferry schedule - by which some mail is transported. The use of electric drones for inter-island delivery will also ensure postal workers can deliver between ports and marinas throughout Orkney without risk and there will also be emission savings from the new service.
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