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Regional carrier to suspend several routes owing to industrial action

Air
James Chapple
6 March 2023

Loganair will temporarily suspend several routes to Scotland’s islands for six weeks owing to an ongoing pay dispute with unions.

Regional carrier to suspend several routes owing to industrial action

The suspension will affect services to Stornoway (Credit: Sergey Konstantinov / Unsplash)

Services from Inverness to Stornoway and Benbecula, and from Inverness to Kirkwall and Sumburgh, will be halted from Friday 17 March to Sunday 30 April.

In December, 73.5% of workers represented by the Unite union at 11 Scottish airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (HIAL) voted in favour of outright strike action, and 92.8% in favour of action short of a strike.

The first walkouts were held last month, with Loganair warning ongoing "work-to-rule" industrial action was impacting its ability to operate its schedules confidently.