Royal Mail Brings Scottish Isle Closer With Drone

Few would say the nether reaches of Scotland’s Isle of Mull -- an hour by ferry from the mainland, then another hour or more on narrow, winding roads -- are easy to get to. But Britain’s Royal Mail Plc brought the distant coast of Mull a wee bit closer when it used a drone to deliver a package to a lighthouse on the island’s windswept north shore.

The package containing a hoodie sweatshirt was the U.K.’s first customer delivery by small self-piloted aircraft, the company said. It marked the beginning of trials of a service that Royal Mail aims to use in remote regions across the U.K.