A Scottish seaplane company is planning to launch chartered flights between London and an island in the River Blackwater, in Essex.
The route will see passenger seaplane services make a return to England for the first time in several decades.
Loch Lomond Seaplanes has unveiled plans to operate an amphibious aircraft between small airports in London and the home counties to the waters surrounding Osea Island, off the Essex coast.
David West, the company's managing director and chief pilot, claimed the flights would take people "back to the romantic days of flying"
Mr West said Loch Lomond Seaplanes will fly two aircraft a day to the 400-acre private island resort on Blackwater Estuary, with flights available from London, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire, starting this summer.
The island is owned by music producer Nigel Frieda and is a popular destination for holidays and weddings.
The tidal island is accessible via a one-mile road from Maldon, but the route is only available for a four-hour period every 12 hours.
Otherwise, those wishing to visit the island can book a river taxi or take a helicopter from Battersea heliport.
The new seaplane flights will be aimed primarily at resort clients, but it is thought they will be available to the public.
Mr West told The Times: "You can turn up 15 minutes before your flight, park your car by the side of the water and get on board. This is the simplicity of it.
"There's none of the demands you find in a big airport that makes flying so unpleasant for a great many people.
"It is this wonderful experience rather than something you have to endure."
