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Airport bosses and a union have agreed a timetable for talks over the implementation of the proposed air traffic management strategy (ATMS).
UNIONS have asked transport minister Graeme Dey to intervene following fears that plans to shut down air traffic towers in Scotland will pose a…
BBC News Published image captionInverness is one of the six airports closed Six Scottish regional airports have been closed due to a one-day strike by air traffic controllers. The Prospect union members are in a dispute with employer Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) over plans to centralise some air traffic control. Scottish government-owned Hial says it must modernise the service. Benbecula, Dundee, Inverness, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Sumburgh airports were shut to all but emergency flights at 00:01 on Thursday for 24 hours. The strike marks an escalation in industrial action started...
Lifeline planes grounded as Scots air traffic workers "forced" to strike over cuts today AIR traffic control staff have been "forced" to take strike action today (Thursday) which will lead to the grounding of lifeline services in a dispute over cuts. The Prospect union has said its members had no other choice but to go through with the stoppage which Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has confirmed will result in six airports closing. Loganair has confirmed that it will be unable to provide flights at airports operated by HIAL during the strike. HIAL has said that as a resu...
HIAL air traffic controllers set to strike over centralisation plans Primary tabs 16th July 2021 The movement has been set up to oppose the company’s programme to centralise services in Inverness Air traffic controllers based at Lewis, Orkney and Shetland airports, are expected to strike over plans to centralise services. The operator, Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) is planning to implement new technology which would allow these operations to be run from a facility in Inverness. It has been suggested that if this move goes ahead, high value jobs could be...