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Inverness is the only "profitable" part of HIAL and, after all the subsidies and pathetic/inept management the company has had and still does, even that is entirely questionable.
The whole of HIAL runs on subsidies from Whitehall and I pray for the day that Scotland is declared independant, thereafter, the idiots who believe that their economy is King will realise that their taxes are really subsidising everythning outside the central belt.
The vast majority of Scotland is funded by tax payers outwith Scotland, after independance they'll realise the folly of their pathetic asperations.
Bring it on
The whole of HIAL runs on subsidies from Whitehall and I pray for the day that Scotland is declared independant, thereafter, the idiots who believe that their economy is King will realise that their taxes are really subsidising everythning outside the central belt.
The vast majority of Scotland is funded by tax payers outwith Scotland, after independance they'll realise the folly of their pathetic asperations.
Bring it on
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Niknak,
A lot of HIAL airports provide a vital service,including transporting patients to larger mainland hospitals with the Scottish Air Ambulance.Are tax payers in remote islands to be denied health care that everyone else gets?
A lot of HIAL airports provide a vital service,including transporting patients to larger mainland hospitals with the Scottish Air Ambulance.Are tax payers in remote islands to be denied health care that everyone else gets?
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"The vast majority of Scotland is funded by tax payers outwith Scotland, after independance they'll realise the folly of their pathetic asperations"
Proof please. Unless you can susbtantiate this 100% then please don't make inane comments. Also please remember that the more remote parts of Scotland are now home to a great many English people who have tired with the way of life down south and according to English friends I know who have relocated, Whitehall. I have been amazed ( and heartened) by the number of 'ex-pats' who would be willing to give independence a go. As you say, 'bring it on'. (And PS. We have aspirations not asperations)
Proof please. Unless you can susbtantiate this 100% then please don't make inane comments. Also please remember that the more remote parts of Scotland are now home to a great many English people who have tired with the way of life down south and according to English friends I know who have relocated, Whitehall. I have been amazed ( and heartened) by the number of 'ex-pats' who would be willing to give independence a go. As you say, 'bring it on'. (And PS. We have aspirations not asperations)
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Scotland subsidies England???
Urm - where do my taxes go? Oh, to London!!
For such projects (read White Elephants!) as the 2012 Olympics, London Congestion charge etc.
Indeed - bring it on!
Nothing wrong with Scots having ASPIRATIONS.
Urm - where do my taxes go? Oh, to London!!
For such projects (read White Elephants!) as the 2012 Olympics, London Congestion charge etc.Indeed - bring it on!
Nothing wrong with Scots having ASPIRATIONS.
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Flybe to up capacity
On their website yesterday, such has been the demand on the MAN & SOU routes from INV, that they are bringing forward an increase in capacity, from a 145 to a DH8D - MAN route changes in July, SOU route to follow.
Assuming the routes are proving successful & remain in place, it would always have been their intention to phase out the 145, but it seems by bringing it forward they are proving even more popular than anticipated.
Good for INV
Assuming the routes are proving successful & remain in place, it would always have been their intention to phase out the 145, but it seems by bringing it forward they are proving even more popular than anticipated.
Good for INV
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Inv/man/sou/bhx
If MAN - INV is doing well how would they describe BHX-INV?
April figures MAN - INV 1850 and BHX-INV 2400 which is an average of
40 or 82% load factor. Also noted that BHX-INV fares have increased
somewhat from April.
I assume MAN & SOU have a Q400 ready and BHX has not.
Pete
April figures MAN - INV 1850 and BHX-INV 2400 which is an average of
40 or 82% load factor. Also noted that BHX-INV fares have increased
somewhat from April.
I assume MAN & SOU have a Q400 ready and BHX has not.
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MAN & SOU are operated by the same ER4 presently, so I'd imagine they would both change to DH4 ops at the same time? The daily pattern is INV/MAN/INV/SOU/INV/MAN/INV.
BHX, EXT & BHD are each operated f/t the respective bases, while LGW is done by the INV-based E95.
BHX, EXT & BHD are each operated f/t the respective bases, while LGW is done by the INV-based E95.
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INV-AMS link delayed.
Stated in the local INV rag that planned INV-AMS link by Eastern/Flybe has been shelved due to excessive fuel costs. Quote from HIAL MD and local MSP both blaming high fuel costs and general economic downturn for the reason.
Didnt rule it out for the future though, I guess its the sign of times which we find ourselves in!!
Didnt rule it out for the future though, I guess its the sign of times which we find ourselves in!!
strike
will they strike this time
Industrial Action at North AirportsBack
30 May 2008
Industrial action by members of the Unite trades union may disrupt air travel in the Highlands and Islands in coming weeks.
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited was formally notified by Unite today (Friday 30 May) that it will be calling its members out on 24-hour strike action on 9 June and 4 July. The move comes after the union rejected the company’s 2007/08 pay award.
Of the 135 ballots recently issued by Unite, 74 were returned in favour of industrial action, 28 against and the remaining 33 not returned – representing a 55% vote in favour of action, equivalent to 23% of the company’s total workforce.
Unite’s membership at HIAL is principally made up of non-managerial grades within the Airport Fire Service (AFS) which provides mandatory rescue and fire-fighting cover at its airports.
HIAL operates 10 airports in the north and west of Scotland at Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Tiree and Wick. Dundee Airport, which is operated by HIAL via a subsidiary company, is not affected by the threatened strike action. Unite has also agreed that its members will provide cover for air ambulance and search and rescue flights during the action.
As a company wholly owned by the Scottish Government, HIAL is subject to the UK Government’s cap on public sector wages and was limited to a maximum 2% pay increase for 2007/08. This award, effective from 1 October 2007, was fully backdated and implemented in the company’s May salary payments.
HIAL’s senior management met the union’s full-time official and staff representatives on 29 May to discuss the situation but was ultimately advised by the union that it would proceed with industrial action. Further talks have been offered and the option of independent arbitration.
A spokesman for HIAL said: “Industrial action, backed by only 55% of Unite’s membership in the ballot – equivalent to 23% of the total workforce – will just serve to disrupt travellers and the airlines.
“We understand that 2% may be a disappointing award in today’s economic climate but, viewed in the round, HIAL offers excellent terms and conditions of employment with earnings within the AFS well above the Scottish and regional averages.
“Clearly, we will do all that we can to avoid strikes closing airports but we have no more money to offer and no remit to do so. We are now preparing contingency plans to minimise wherever possible the impact of any strike action.”
Industrial Action at North AirportsBack
30 May 2008
Industrial action by members of the Unite trades union may disrupt air travel in the Highlands and Islands in coming weeks.
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited was formally notified by Unite today (Friday 30 May) that it will be calling its members out on 24-hour strike action on 9 June and 4 July. The move comes after the union rejected the company’s 2007/08 pay award.
Of the 135 ballots recently issued by Unite, 74 were returned in favour of industrial action, 28 against and the remaining 33 not returned – representing a 55% vote in favour of action, equivalent to 23% of the company’s total workforce.
Unite’s membership at HIAL is principally made up of non-managerial grades within the Airport Fire Service (AFS) which provides mandatory rescue and fire-fighting cover at its airports.
HIAL operates 10 airports in the north and west of Scotland at Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Tiree and Wick. Dundee Airport, which is operated by HIAL via a subsidiary company, is not affected by the threatened strike action. Unite has also agreed that its members will provide cover for air ambulance and search and rescue flights during the action.
As a company wholly owned by the Scottish Government, HIAL is subject to the UK Government’s cap on public sector wages and was limited to a maximum 2% pay increase for 2007/08. This award, effective from 1 October 2007, was fully backdated and implemented in the company’s May salary payments.
HIAL’s senior management met the union’s full-time official and staff representatives on 29 May to discuss the situation but was ultimately advised by the union that it would proceed with industrial action. Further talks have been offered and the option of independent arbitration.
A spokesman for HIAL said: “Industrial action, backed by only 55% of Unite’s membership in the ballot – equivalent to 23% of the total workforce – will just serve to disrupt travellers and the airlines.
“We understand that 2% may be a disappointing award in today’s economic climate but, viewed in the round, HIAL offers excellent terms and conditions of employment with earnings within the AFS well above the Scottish and regional averages.
“Clearly, we will do all that we can to avoid strikes closing airports but we have no more money to offer and no remit to do so. We are now preparing contingency plans to minimise wherever possible the impact of any strike action.”
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What a strange excuse. Surely that should mean that no airline should be starting any new routes from INV or from anywhere.
One wonders how much influence the London airports had in this reasoning as onward travel is so much easier through AMS than the dire South terminal at LGW.
Perhaps the 'authorities' should check out how many people are using Aberdeen to travel onwards.
Inverness passengers have been sold down the river by HIAL and BA as we can no longer use the LON airports to interline to other airlines. The baggage service at LGW South Terminal, having to recheck-in, along with the ridiculously long queues through security now mean that a connection time of at least three hours is required through LGW making it a total nightmare. How ridiculous is that?
Cancellation of the Saturday afternoon flight from LGW-INV last year caused a waiting time of over 10 hours to connect from a transatlatic flight and a 7 hour wait from a European flight for me on flights booked before FLYBE either took aver or once they had and they ceased to care about their passengers and just cancelled flights that had already been booked.
I'm back to using Aberdeen as 'Budget Inverness' is not serving the interests of many of the travelling public in anything other than one off cheap flights.
Come on HIAL ask us what we really want for Inverness. Cheap flights, yes, in moderation but for those of us who wish to travel further for our holidays, a few charters through the summer are not sufficient. For those of us travelling long haul.......the conections are so abominable as to not warrant thinking about using Inverness at all.
One wonders how much influence the London airports had in this reasoning as onward travel is so much easier through AMS than the dire South terminal at LGW.
Perhaps the 'authorities' should check out how many people are using Aberdeen to travel onwards.
Inverness passengers have been sold down the river by HIAL and BA as we can no longer use the LON airports to interline to other airlines. The baggage service at LGW South Terminal, having to recheck-in, along with the ridiculously long queues through security now mean that a connection time of at least three hours is required through LGW making it a total nightmare. How ridiculous is that?
Cancellation of the Saturday afternoon flight from LGW-INV last year caused a waiting time of over 10 hours to connect from a transatlatic flight and a 7 hour wait from a European flight for me on flights booked before FLYBE either took aver or once they had and they ceased to care about their passengers and just cancelled flights that had already been booked.
I'm back to using Aberdeen as 'Budget Inverness' is not serving the interests of many of the travelling public in anything other than one off cheap flights.
Come on HIAL ask us what we really want for Inverness. Cheap flights, yes, in moderation but for those of us who wish to travel further for our holidays, a few charters through the summer are not sufficient. For those of us travelling long haul.......the conections are so abominable as to not warrant thinking about using Inverness at all.
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P&J reports new LH route to DUS
German airline giant to announce link with Highland capital - Press & Journal
Hmm, wouldn't have been my first guess for a new international route ...
NEW flights between Inverness and Germany are to be launched, bringing more visitors from the Rhine valley to the Highlands.
German airline giant Lufthansa will soon officially announce a twice-weekly service between the Highland capital and Dusseldorf, which sits on the River Rhine in the west of the country.
Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd (Hial), which operates Inverness Airport, refused to confirm details of the deal yesterday.
But a senior Lufthansa source said the flights were agreed on Tuesday and would start next summer. Details are likely to be released next week
German airline giant Lufthansa will soon officially announce a twice-weekly service between the Highland capital and Dusseldorf, which sits on the River Rhine in the west of the country.
Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd (Hial), which operates Inverness Airport, refused to confirm details of the deal yesterday.
But a senior Lufthansa source said the flights were agreed on Tuesday and would start next summer. Details are likely to be released next week
flts to DUS???????
TALKS on introducing direct flights between Inverness and Germany are at an advanced stage and a service could begin early next year, The Inverness Courier has learned.
German airline Lufthansa is discussing the possibility of launching a route linking the Highland Capital with a German city, possibly Dusseldorf.
If state-owned Highlands and Islands Airports (HIA), which runs the airport at Dalcross, manages to secure the service it would be seen as a major coup at a time when most airlines are scaling back their operations.
A scheduled service with Europe has been a key goal of HIA for the past five years and would be welcomed by business leaders in Inverness and the region's tourist industry.
Last night HIA spokesman Nat Anderson was reluctant to go into detail but confirmed Germany was a target because of its potential for both business and leisure traffic.
"We have had positive discussions with a major carrier regarding a direct air link to Germany and hope to be in a position to make an announcement on the outcome of this work soon," he said.
A spokeswoman for Lufthansa would not confirm whether the company had been in talks with the airport or whether Inverness featured in its future plans.
"We are always looking at potential new routes," she said.
Inverness is the largest and busiest of HIA's 10 airports, handling more than 330 scheduled flights a week to Scottish and UK destinations plus Dublin.
It has not offered a scheduled route to Europe or Scandinavia since 2004, when budget airline Snowflake introduced flights between Inverness and Stockholm. However, just four months after the launch, the plug was pulled on the service.
At the time, Snowflake said it had over-estimated likely demand — passenger numbers between Stockholm and Inverness were not proving economical for the size of plane operating on the route.
Hopes had been high of resurrecting a service to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, with both Flybe and Eastern Airlines exploring the possibility of a tie-up with Dutch carrier KLM earlier this year. However, those plans were put on the back burner when the credit crunch began to bite.
Lufthansa, which employs more than 94,000 people worldwide, operates flights to 192 destinations in 78 countries.
German airline Lufthansa is discussing the possibility of launching a route linking the Highland Capital with a German city, possibly Dusseldorf.
If state-owned Highlands and Islands Airports (HIA), which runs the airport at Dalcross, manages to secure the service it would be seen as a major coup at a time when most airlines are scaling back their operations.
A scheduled service with Europe has been a key goal of HIA for the past five years and would be welcomed by business leaders in Inverness and the region's tourist industry.
Last night HIA spokesman Nat Anderson was reluctant to go into detail but confirmed Germany was a target because of its potential for both business and leisure traffic.
"We have had positive discussions with a major carrier regarding a direct air link to Germany and hope to be in a position to make an announcement on the outcome of this work soon," he said.
A spokeswoman for Lufthansa would not confirm whether the company had been in talks with the airport or whether Inverness featured in its future plans.
"We are always looking at potential new routes," she said.
Inverness is the largest and busiest of HIA's 10 airports, handling more than 330 scheduled flights a week to Scottish and UK destinations plus Dublin.
It has not offered a scheduled route to Europe or Scandinavia since 2004, when budget airline Snowflake introduced flights between Inverness and Stockholm. However, just four months after the launch, the plug was pulled on the service.
At the time, Snowflake said it had over-estimated likely demand — passenger numbers between Stockholm and Inverness were not proving economical for the size of plane operating on the route.
Hopes had been high of resurrecting a service to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, with both Flybe and Eastern Airlines exploring the possibility of a tie-up with Dutch carrier KLM earlier this year. However, those plans were put on the back burner when the credit crunch began to bite.
Lufthansa, which employs more than 94,000 people worldwide, operates flights to 192 destinations in 78 countries.
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Apparently twice weekly starting next summer. More in line with this year's seasonal services from DUS to NQY, JER and to a couple of continental destinations and by no means the long-awaited regular link to a hub. Nevertheless, nice route.
German airline giant to announce link with Highland capital - Press & Journal
German airline giant to announce link with Highland capital - Press & Journal