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A SUCCESSFUL test flight of a seaplane owned by Isla Air Express has given the company hope that it is one step closer to launching a service of direct inter-island flights.

The 9H Palma Twin Otter seaplane carried out tests on the Berre Lagoon in France, close to Marseille airport.

The Twin Otter has a capacity for 15 passengers and two crew, and operates in the United States, Canada, and the Maldives.

Isa Air Express wants permission to fly the seaplane between Mallorca and Ibiza as well as a route between Barcelona and Mallorca.

In May, Madrid company NextNorth also unveiled plans for an air taxi service linking the Balearic Islands stating that journeys between Mallorca and Ibiza would take just four minutes.