http://shet.news/a4626 Copied! The managing director and board members of Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd are responsible for the running of 11 airports. What they need to remember is that the airports belong to the communities they serve. Our communities. Our airports are vital to all of us, in many different ways. If we become seriously ill or are severely injured we have to be flown out by air ambulance because our medical facilities are limited. Being referred to a medical consultant means that either they fly to see us or we fly to see them. 15 of 17Adverts Business trips, family visits, holidays, trips to sporting events, they are all quicker and easier by air than by ferry and road.