Strike to affect Loganair flights at six airports

Loganair will be unable to provide flights at airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) on Thursday July 29 after air traffic controllers announced a one-day strike.

The industrial action will affect six airports - Inverness, Sumburgh, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Benbecula and Dundee.

Loganair says it will be cancelling all flights on that date to and from the five airports. Customers booked to travel on this date will have the option of transferring their booking without any change fee or difference in fare to another Loganair flight – on an alternative route if they wish – or obtaining a full refund.

All customers on affected flights were due to receive an email from Loganair on Tuesday this week setting out these options and providing the link to manage their booking online via the Loganair website.

To help customers with their travel arrangements before and after the strike, there will be extra services on the evening of Wednesday July 28, departing Kirkwall at 7pm and arriving into Aberdeen at 7.50pm, and from Aberdeen to Kirkwall on Friday July 30, departing at 6.10am and arriving into Kirkwall at 7am.

Loganair also plans to operate larger aircraft on several other services on Wednesday July 28 and Friday July 30 to provide additional seats to help customers re-arrange their travel plans.

Flights to and from Islay, Barra, Tiree and Campbeltown will be unaffected as the Flight Information Service officers who oversee arrivals and departures at these airports are not part of the dispute.