Transport / Oil and gas traffic helps soften impact of pandemic at Sumburgh
Transport / Air traffic staff vote for industrial action
Transport / Petitions committee to invite HIAL to give evidence on remote tower technologyCaithness MSP Gail Ross calls for the project to be scrapped
Transport / Centralising air traffic control in Inverness could cost Shetland dear
Transport / Air traffic controllers to vote on industrial actionThe ballot comes amid frustration over HIAL plans to centralise air traffic control in Inverness
Transport / Air traffic controllers considering industrial action, union saysHIAL has suggested using ‘external facilitator to help resolve matters’
Transport / Air Discount Scheme savings redirected to support HIALClaims to the Scottish Government’s discount scheme are down by over £4 million this year as fewer islanders fly
Letters / How much is it going to cost?
Letters / Technology for technology’s sake
Transport / Remote tower technology has ‘no benefits to Shetland’Union and politicians respond to opinion piece by former HIAL employee published by Shetland News
Viewpoint / HIAL’s air traffic controller recruitment: a view from withinA ‘perceived’ recruitment crisis for air traffic controllers at island airports is being used by airport operator HIAL to further its ATC centralisation plans, writes Peter Henderson who has been working at Kirkwall airport’s control tower for 18 years
Transport / Ex-HIAL employee says case for remote air traffic control has been ‘one-sided story’Scottish Government says it is ‘satisfied that HIAL has taken their decision based on the best available information and an in-depth analysis of the different options’
Council / Air traffic control impact assessment a ‘cursory process’, SIC says
Transport / Union casts more doubt on remote air traffic control plans after commissioning own reportHIAL says the proposals are the ‘only option that offers long-term solutions in terms of resilience and flexibility, both during normal and out-of-hours operations’
Transport / Remote air traffic control plans prove unpopular with Lerwick Community CouncilThirteen full-time equivalent jobs at Sumburgh could be set to relocate to Inverness
Transport / HIAL’s late consultation slammed as ‘tick box exercise’
Transport / Face coverings become mandatory at Sumburgh Airport as HIAL introduces new measures across network
News round-up / SIC urges dog owner to ‘clean it up’, impact of coronavirus to be investigated, further call for halt remote tower plans, CLAN support, learning about fish
Transport / Local transport partnership calls on HIAL to halt remote air traffic control plansHIAL says island impact assessment is currently underway
News round-up / Arrest following alleged assault, reaction to HIAL tender, support for carers, tourism group seeks new members
Transport / HIAL issues £8.5m tender for remote air traffic control services
Transport / HIAL looking to buy simulator for air traffic control training
Transport / Start-up delays see HIAL fall well short of car parking income targetOver £100,000 has been generated since the introduction of the £3-a-day charge
Transport / Islanders petition parliament to halt plans to move air traffic controllers to Inverness
Transport / Sumburgh Airport to close to scheduled flights but remain open for lifeline services
Transport / Sumburgh Airport opening hours under review
Transport / Swedish airport operator insists remote tower technology is safeWith communities in the north concerned over plans to ‘centralise’ air traffic control services in Inverness, Shetland News asked Swedish journalist Kent Lidman to find out how the remote tower technology is working at Örnsköldsviks airport where it was introduced in 2015.
Transport / MP urges HIAL to release confidential report
Politics / Carmichael leads parliament debate on local aviation concerns
Transport / Sumburgh Airport passenger numbers down
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