The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)

Contract agreed for air services

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Subsidised air services from Oban to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree have been secured for the next four years after Argyll and Bute Council awarded a new contract to Hebridean Air.

It follows the announceme­nt in May that an agreement had been reached with Hebridean Air Services Limited to continue to operate the flights on a temporary basis, while the council carried out a procuremen­t process for a new four-year contract.

There had been concerns that services would be interrupte­d by strict funding legislatio­n after an initial procuremen­t process for the four-year contract failed to attract an acceptable bid.

However, council officers and staff at Hebridean Air worked hard behind the scenes to prevent that scenario and put a temporary contract in place.

The new, fouryear contract will continue on the same timetable as the interim contract.

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