News / Loganair changes schedule to avoid gales
LOGANAIR has vastly altered its flight schedule for Friday in an attempt to avoid the worst of the anticipated strong winds.
A number of scheduled flights to and from Shetland have been moved to earlier times as airline Loganair attempts to dodge the poor weather.
Some flights in and out of Sumburgh have been cancelled, but those affected will be rebooked onto other flights.
It is anticipated that the timetable will run as usual on Christmas Eve, but passengers are asked to confirm the status of their flight before leaving for the airport.
A spokesperson for Loganair said on Wednesday: “Several hundred customers have taken advantage of Loganair’s offer earlier this week to rearrange their travel plans for Friday and Saturday.
“We expect to run a normal schedule on Wednesday and Thursday but are re-timing 27 flights on Friday to operate earlier, ahead of forecast weather deteriorations, and cancelling ten other services where forecasts indicate no reasonable prospect of being able to operate.”
Friday’s timetable changes are as follows:
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BE6778 |
Aberdeen-Sumburgh |
Will now depart Aberdeen at 13:10 (1h45 earlier) |
|
BE6779 |
Sumburgh-Aberdeen |
Will now depart Sumburgh 14:45 (1h45 earlier) |
|
BE6780 |
Aberdeen-Sumburgh |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be reaccommodated on the earlier BE6778 flight at 13:10. |
|
BE6781 |
Sumburgh-Aberdeen |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be reaccommodated on the earlier BE6779 flight at 14:45. |
|
BE6809 |
Glasgow-Benbecula |
Will now depart Glasgow 11:40 (3 hours earlier) |
|
BE6810 |
Benbecula-Glasgow |
Will now depart Benbecula 13:10 (3 hours earlier) |
|
BE6826 |
Glasgow-Stornoway |
Will now depart Glasgow 11:55 (2 hours earlier) |
|
BE6827 |
Stornoway-Glasgow |
Will now depart Stornoway 13:30 (2 hours earlier) |
|
BE6828 |
Glasgow-Stornoway |
Will now depart Glasgow 14:10 (3h35 earlier) |
|
BE6829 |
Stornoway-Glasgow |
Will now depart Stornoway 15:45 (3h35 earlier) |
|
BE6831 |
Kirkwall-Aberdeen |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked onto BE6833 Kirkwall-Aberdeen or alternative services from Kirkwall as required for onward connections |
|
BE6836 |
Aberdeen-Kirkwall |
Will now depart Aberdeen 12:45 (3h10 earlier) |
|
BE6837 |
Kirkwall-Aberdeen |
Will now depart Kirkwall 14:05 (3h10 earlier) |
|
BE6838 |
Aberdeen-Kirkwall |
Will now depart Aberdeen 15:25 (3h10 earlier) |
|
BE6847 |
Glasgow-Campbeltown |
Will now depart Glasgow at 14:25 (2h earlier) |
|
BE6848 |
Campbeltown-Glasgow |
Will now depart Campbeltown at 15:30 (2h earlier) |
|
BE6857 |
Glasgow-Tiree |
Will now depart Glasgow at 14:35 (2h earlier) |
|
BE6858 |
Tiree-Glasgow |
Will now depart Tiree at 15:55 (2h earlier) |
|
BE6894 |
Kirkwall-Edinburgh |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6898 departing Kirkwall at 14:45. |
|
BE6897 |
Edinburgh-Kirkwall |
Will now depart Edinburgh at 13:00 (1h15 earlier) |
|
BE6898 |
Kirkwall-Edinburgh |
Will now depart Kirkwall at 14:45 (1h15 earlier) |
|
BE6899 |
Edinburgh-Kirkwall |
Will now depart Edinburgh at 16:30 (1h20 earlier) |
|
BE6917 |
Glasgow-Sumburgh |
Will now depart Glasgow 11:10 (2 hours earlier) |
|
BE6918 |
Sumburgh-Glasgow |
Will now depart Sumburgh 17:15 (2h35 earlier) |
|
BE6919 |
Glasgow-Sumburgh |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6917 departing Glasgow at 11:10 |
|
BE6920 |
Sumburgh-Glasgow |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6916 departing Sumburgh at 11:50 |
|
BE6927 |
Glasgow-Islay |
Will now depart Glasgow 15:00 (2 hours earlier) |
|
BE6928 |
Islay-Glasgow |
Will now depart Islay 16:15 (2 hours earlier) |
|
BE6934 |
Sumburgh-Inverness |
Will now depart Sumburgh 13:15 (2h30 earlier) |
|
BE6939 |
Inverness-Kirkwall Kirkwall-Sumburgh |
Will now depart Inverness 14:50 (2h30 earlier) Will now depart Kirkwall 16:00 (2h30 earlier) |
|
BE6947 |
Edinburgh-Stornoway |
Will now depart Edinburgh 14:10, arriving 15:20 (2h45 earlier) |
|
BE6948 |
Stornoway-Edinburgh |
Will now depart Stornoway 15:50, arriving 17:00 (2h45 earlier) |
|
BE6957 |
Inverness-Stornoway |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6955 departing Inverness at 14:00 |
|
BE6958 |
Stornoway-Inverness |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6956 departing Stornoway at 17:00 |
|
BE6997 |
Edinburgh-Sumburgh |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6995 departing Edinburgh at 13:45 |
|
BE6998 |
Sumburgh-Edinburgh |
Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6996 departing Sumburgh at 15:50 or alternative flights as required for onward connections. |
|
LM359 |
Kirkwall-North Ronaldsay North Ronaldsay-Kirkwall |
Will now depart Kirkwall 14:00 (3h15 earlier) Will now depart North Ronaldsay 14:23 (3h15 earlier) |
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