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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

23rd Feb 2022, 15:07

Replies: 133

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Posted By inOban

There is an arguable need for the Aberdeen...

There is an arguable need for the Aberdeen service as there will be some NHS patients who need to access services in Aberdeen which aren't available in Inverness. Not sure about Edinburgh.

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

23rd Feb 2022, 11:37

Replies: 133

Wick

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Posted By inOban

The price to the PAX or the price to the the...

The price to the PAX or the price to the the taxpayer?

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

16th Dec 2021, 11:23

Replies: 133

Wick

Views: 44,027

Posted By inOban

The Airtask plane is, I believe, based at...

The Airtask plane is, I believe, based at Cumbernauld and flies up and back every day. The Council (not government ) subsidy is huge - £220 per ticket.

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

16th Dec 2021, 09:37

Replies: 133

Wick

Views: 44,027

Posted By inOban

I'm old enough to remember flying from Wick to...

I'm old enough to remember flying from Wick to Kirkwall on a DC3!

Seriously though any essential users are going to want a early flight to either Aberdeen or Edinburgh and a late flight back. That...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

5th Feb 2021, 16:00

Replies: 133

Wick

Views: 44,027

Posted By inOban

It would be important to discover where people...

It would be important to discover where people need to fly to, which may not be where they used to in the past. After all my very first flight was in 1951 from Wick to Kirkwall in a DC3!

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

22nd Jun 2020, 11:08

Replies: 133

Wick

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Posted By inOban

Some PSO routes are necessary for NHS patients,...

Some PSO routes are necessary for NHS patients, but the NHS serves Wick from Inverness.

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

20th Jun 2020, 15:12

Replies: 133

Wick

Views: 44,027

Posted By inOban

Very first time I flew. Wick to Kirkwall in a...

Very first time I flew. Wick to Kirkwall in a DC3, 1952 or 3, so I was 7/8. Part of a journey from Inverness to Whalsay in Shetland by car, plane and boats. Since it was midsummer, daylight the whole...

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