A pilot project which will see commercial drones making daily deliveries to the Isles of Scilly will take off later this year. The pioneering partnership between the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) experts Flylogix has secured £200,000 of grant funding from Aerospace Cornwall to run the project. The three-month trial…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company is marking the 40th birthday of its faithful freight ship Gry Maritha this month. The Gry, named after the daughter of the first captain, was built in Norway and christened in June 1981. She was purchased by the Steamship Company in 1989 in order to further support the islanders…
State-of-the-art designs for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s new passenger and cargo vessels are being revealed for the first time today following an extensive consultation process with the Isles of Scilly community. The striking new 72m passenger ferry will carry 600 passengers over three decks with a contemporary, comfortable seating arrangement, onboard coffee…
Health Secretary Matt Hancock thanked employees at Land’s End Airport this morning (Monday, May 24th) for their dedication in maintaining the lifeline link to Scilly throughout the Covid pandemic. Mr Hancock was travelling on an official visit to St Mary’s, but took the time to stop and talk to employees. He said: “The last year…
Skybus and Scillonian, the flagship routes to the Isles of Scilly, are expecting their busiest day in almost two years later this month, with both flights and ferry fully booked. As the islands gear up for the half-term holiday, Skybus has announced it is carrying almost 600 passengers on 44 flights on Saturday, May 29th…
The 15-minute flight between Land’s End and St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, has been revealed as the UK’s busiest flight route for April 2021. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s Skybus flight overtook major airports and international airlines to head the list of the top 10 routes from UK airports, according to global travel data…
Visitors to the Isles of Scilly can enjoy a more flexible option for booking travel to the islands thanks to a new flexi ticket being launched this week. Isles of Scilly Travel is offering passengers the opportunity to upgrade to a Flexi Ticket when booking their flights or ferry sailings to Scilly which will enable…
International Women’s Day – 8th March 2021 #DiversityinMaritime Today is International Women’s Day, and a time when we celebrate women’s achievement, as well as focusing on the need to make our world more gender-equal. At the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, we are proud to have a strong female workforce and to champion women working…
Skybus flights to the Isles of Scilly from Cornwall Airport Newquay are being reintroduced this spring. Isles of Scilly Travel is resuming its Skybus services from Newquay on May 1st, with scheduled flights available to book until October 23rd. Flights from Newquay have been on hold in recent months owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and…
The last week of January saw the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust successfully embarking on an exciting new partnership with Keep Britain Tidy’s Ocean Recovery Project. The aim? To recycle all the rigid plastic gathered, from Scilly’s coastline, during Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust facilitated beachcleans. The first batch of plastics, totalling a huge 1100kg…
Scillonian purser retires to shore after four decades at sea The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s popular purser Marcia Still is leaving the iconic Scillonian III passenger ferry 41 years after she first began working onboard the ship. Marcia initially joined the ship as a stewardess in 1980 making daily, sometimes twice-daily, crossings from Penzance…
A pioneering drone delivery flight has paved the way for a new lifeline connection with the idyllic yet remote Isles of Scilly and opened up the prospect of drone operations between airports across the UK. Today’s successful return flight from Land’s End Airport in West Cornwall to St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly…
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