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Loganair has announced six new routes and additional flights for next summer – but the airline's direct link from Sumburgh to Manchester will be ended. (more…) Read more...
Loganair has been forced to take some Sumburgh flights off sale as an air traffic controllers' strike edges closer. (more…) Read more...
A flight bound for Sumburgh Airport was forced to return to Aberdeen on Tuesday morning after striking a bird shortly after take-off. (more…) Read more...
An airline has apologised to passengers after their flight was aborted due to a collision with a bird. The bird strike occurred shortly after Loganair flight LM438 took off from Sumburgh Airport en route to Glasgow on Friday evening. The plane was forced to return to the tarmac and its 40 ... Read more...
Isles MSP Tavish Scott is calling on Unite to allow lifeline medical flights from the isles to continue through a proposed strike at Aberdeen Airport. Mr Scott has appealed to Unite’s Scottish secretary, Pat Rafferty, after workers at the Airport voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. ... Read more...
NHS Shetland has been in talks to look at an alternative waiting area for patients flying back from Aberdeen Airport – rather than what has been described by a councillor as "a drafty corridor". Health board chief executive Ralph Roberts raised the issue during a Zetland Transport Partnership m... Read more...
This winter has been “incredibly challenging” for Loganair, according to the airline’s managing director. (more…) Read more...
In The Shetland Times this week... • Safety fears as centralised air traffic control services move closer. • Strong support for a campaign to reduce plastic pollution in the isles. • 13 jobs go following Flybe's final departure from Shetland. • Guest house owner criticises "a... Read more...
Scottish Ballet has announced that it will be coming to Lerwick to give two performances of Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling. (more…) Read more...
Inside The Shetland Times this week... A driver who was rushed to hospital after a car crash has called for others to take care on the roads. Loganair has revealed it expects to make a loss over the current financial year – after taking hits following its split with Flybe. A former kirk... Read more...