Transport Chair Calls for Improved Resilience

27 September 2024 at 14:37:12

Cllr Uisdean Robertson, Chair of the Comhairle's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called on Highlands and Islands Airports Limited to improve the resilience of their service at Stornoway Airport.

Cllr Robertson's call follows reports of flight cancellations because of staffing challenges at the Airport.

Cllr Robertson said:

"I have heard reports from individuals who have missed work commitments and connections to holidays abroad because of these cancellations. As a community we are used to accepting the disruption of weather-related cancellations and frustrations of technical difficulties but when flights are cancelled for seemingly avoidable reasons it is right that we demand that improvements are made. Consistent and reliable transport links are vital for our communities, to achieve this the lack of resilience we are witnessing must be addressed."