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Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Air traffic controllers are to escalate their industrial action in opposition to plans to centralise the service across the north. Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial), which operates 11 airports across the region, is seeking to move control operations to a remote centre in Inverness. A report released last week, and commissioned by Hial themselves, claims 48 jobs will be axed, many in the island communities – costing £2.2 million in lost salaries to the economy....

Air traffic control staff to escalate industrial action over remote towers plan Updated: March 15, 2021, 6:26 pm There are plans for remote control towers at some airports including Kirkwall Airport (Danny Lawson/PA) Air traffic control (ATC) workers are to escalate industrial action over plans to introduce remote airport control towers at Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL). Since December, employees with the Prospect union have been refusing to engage with the proposals which include closing workspaces, centralising operations to Inverness and downgrading airports. But the action will now...

Air traffic control staff in Highlands and Islands to escalate industrial action By Alan Hendry Published: 16:57, 15 March 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Air traffic control tower at Wick John O'Groats Airport. Picture: DGS Air traffic control staff in the Highlands and Islands are to step up their industrial action over controversial plans to centralise services in Inverness. The Prospect union warned that the controversial "remote towers" project by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) would mea...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionFlights at five airports are to be controlled remotely for a new hub under Hial's plans Prospect members at Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) are to take further action in a dispute over centralising some air traffic control. Hial has proposed controlling air traffic at five airports from a central hub. The union Prospect said the move would result in the loss of 50 jobs. Its members working in air traffic services are to "escalate" industrial action they started on 4 January this year. The further action includes an overtime...

Remote control towers at minor airports would have negative impact, says study Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Plans for remote control towers at airports will have a “very significant negative impact” on some island communities, according to a new report. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is planning to introduce remote integrated air traffic control services for five airports: Inverness, Dundee, Stornoway, Kirkwall and ...