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The air traffic controllers dispute over pay and conditions is continuing, with workers Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) having rejected the latest pay offer from the company. The union says no further strike action is planned at this time but action short of a strike will continue. ... Read more...
The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter Rescue 900 participated in two medivacs on Saturday morning. At around 7.30am the helicopter was called to the Safe Boreas offshore platform where a crewman had taken ill. The helicopter landed at Clickimin at around 9.30am and the man was transferred t... Read more...
Another call has been made for a fatal accident inquiry to be held into the helicopter crash off Sumburgh which claimed the lives of four people. Isles MSP Tavish Scott is urging the Scottish government to impress upon the Crown Office the need to begin the FAI into the tragedy. Mr Scott spoke... Read more...
Police are appealing for information after an alleged theft of a purse from a bus passenger. The crime is believed to have been committed on the number six bus from Nederdale in Lerwick to Sumburgh on Friday between 11pm and midnight. The purse is large, rectangular and made of red leather. ... Read more...
Anyone opposed to plans to introduce car parking charges at Sumburgh Airport should write to the operator, two politicians have urged. Isles MSP Tavish Scott and the council's environment and transport committee chairman Ryan Thomson want individuals, businesses and public organisations to raise ... 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...
Loganair has revealed it expects to make a loss over the current year - after taking a financial hit following its split with Flybe. The Scottish airline has cited rebranding, start-up costs and competition on routes from to and from Shetland as reasons for the projection. Loganair went its se... Read more...
Eight pilots working in Shetland face losing their jobs, Bristow Helicopters confirmed this week. The news comes as Bristow, which operates the search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service in Sumburgh, as well as the oil and gas service at Scatsta, announced plans to axe 12 jobs across the country.... Read more...
A record number of visitors came to the Jarlshof site this summer. The Prehistoric and Norse settlement near Sumburgh attracted a total of 16,442 people between April and September. The number of visitors in that period alone was more than in the entirety of last year. The site, which shows... Read more...
The second series of a TV show about airports has been launched – and Shetland features in five episodes. Tingwall Airport appeared in Monday night’s episode of Puirt-adhair, a weekly programme on BBC Alba. Both Tingwall and Sumburgh will recur throughout the next six weeks of the show. ... Read more...