More strike action on the cards at Sumburgh Airport
Money has also gone to a project to deliver a four to five tonne load from Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland on a hydrogen powered vessel
Moraig Lyall said fixed links ‘hit the button not just financially, but economically, socially and environmentally’
Council leader Emma Macdonald said it is ‘no exaggeration to say that this funding from the UK Government has saved Fair Isle as an inhabited island’
FlyHighland entrepreneur Thomas Eccles said ‘it is not going to be easy – but it is achievable’
Meanwhile a second day of strike action has closed Sumburgh Airport again today
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The northbound ferry from Aberdeen will stop off in Kirkwall to pick up SSE engineers to help with with restoring Shetland’s power supplies
The police have advised to avoid travelling unless absolutely necessary
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However a consultation event on future harbour works in Fair Isle this week was cancelled
