Planes

No international airports hereabouts notwithstanding the many high up vapour trails of planes flying to and fro across the Atlantic. But, if you must, you can fly from Glasgow Airport to Islay and Tiree with Loganair which although called 'Scotland's Airline' is a franchise of Flybe. There is also a small operation - Hebridean Air Services - which runs scheduled flights from Oban airfield in North Connel - hardly an airport although it badges itself as such - to Coll, Colonsay, Tiree and more recently to Islay (but by no means every day of the week). Much better though is to fly to Oban from Glasgow by seaplane with Loch Lomond Seaplanes. This is highly romantic,-right from the centre of Glasgow from the Clyde outside the Glasgow Science Centre to Oban Bay and I think maybe Tobermory as well, 'on demand' these days it seems rather than at fixed times, and not in winter. Definitely one of those things to do before you die.