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Plans to centralise air traffic control services have taken a decisive step forward after a study concluded that "the status quo is not sustainable".
March 5, 2021 at 1:01 pm Kirkwall Airport control tower. The Union representing air traffic controllers has called for a halt to the controversial remote towers project helmed by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. (HIAL). Prospect union has responded, this afternoon, Friday, to what it had branded a “damning” report examining the impact of the proposed Air Traffic Management Strategy (ATMS). The impact assessment for the ATMS has forecast “very significant negative impacts” on Orkney’s economy, if current plans go ahead — including widespread job losses at airports across the reg...
'No more warm words': Ministers urged to seal the deal on Prestwick Airport sale and save taxpayers money 'No more warm words': Ministers urged to seal the deal on Prestwick Airport sale and save taxpayers money MINISTERS have been urged to stay clear of just warm words after they announced Prestwick Airport could be on the verge of being sold. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has announced a preferred bidder - believed to be a European investor - has been chosen to buy the airport. It comes nearly four months after ministers tried to sell off Prestwick Airport again after a previo...
Ministers plough £4m into protecting a 'lifeline' Highlands airport and flights PLANS to have a Highlands airport and its 'lifeline' flights protected from future closure has been supported with a £1m-a-year taxpayer fund. Calls have been made for there to be a public service obligation over the operation of Wick airport in Caithness in the wake of its "demise". It comes following the loss of flights to and from Edinburgh and Aberdeen raising concerns that the regions was being cut off. A petition lodged with the UK Government for the protection of Wick airport from July, 2020, ...
Propect union declares industrial action over plan to centralise air traffic control in Inverness By Ian Duncan | Updated: 17:34, 21 December 2020 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 Airport bosses in the Highlands have accused a union of sensationalising a move to centralise air traffic control after Prospect announced its members would strike in the new year. The union claims that, unless Hial changes tack, nearly 50 staff will be made re...