Annual archive
< class='generic__title'> HIAL Industrial Action

Following the announcement of strike action by Unite – The Union at Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL), we have now received confirmation from HIAL of the impact expected on the dates and opening hours of its airports.

 

17 and 20 February

There will be no service to and from Dundee, affecting flights to London City, Belfast City and Shetland.

 

21, 22 and 23 February

There will be no service to and from Barra, Benbecula, Kirkwall (external flights), Shetland, Stornoway and Tiree.

We will be operating a morning schedule only of Orkney inter-isles services (up to 1300 hrs) based on the limited availability of facilities and manpower at Kirkwall for the small aircraft flying these routes.

All Loganair flights to and from Campbeltown, Islay and from Inverness to Birmingham, Belfast City, and Manchester will be unaffected and take place as scheduled.

 

A full list of the affected flights and changes by day is set out below.

 

If your flight is amongst those cancelled due to this industrial action by HIAL staff, you will receive an e-mail from Loganair within the next 24 hours setting out the options available to you. This will go to the e-mail address provided when your booking was made – please check your spam and junk folders.  These options are:

 

  1. re-book without charge on an alternative flight of your choosing within 14 days of your original travel dates, and you can also choose an alternative route if seats are not available on your original route – e.g. if Glasgow-Sumburgh flights are full, you can rebook from Edinburgh to Sumburgh;
  2. request a refund for your booking if you decide not to travel. (where bookings are made via a travel agent, please refer to your booker for your refund)

 

As we expect call volumes into our Customer Help Centre to be extremely high, we’d ask customers, wherever possible, to use the online rebooking or refund request options provided in your e-mail. If your flight is not listed below and you receive no e-mail from us, your flight is unaffected, and there is no need to contact us or take action.

 

At this time, we have seat availability on most routes for customers whose journeys are disrupted by industrial action to be able to re-plan their travel. We are also adding several extra flights or operating larger aircraft to provide extra capacity for customers on routes to and from Aberdeen to re-plan their journeys:

  • An extra evening Kirkwall-Aberdeen service on Monday, 20 February
  • An extra Aberdeen-Kirkwall-Aberdeen service on Friday, 24 February
  • Larger aircraft on all services Aberdeen-Sumburgh on Friday, 24 February

 

We’re sorry that these cancellations and changes have become necessary, and we apologise to Loganair customers for this unwelcome news.  At the same time, we must ask for your understanding that this situation is entirely beyond our control and influence. We’ll do everything we practicably can to assist customers in re-planning their journeys to account for this situation.

 

Friday 17 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM625 Dundee-London City

LM626 London City-Dundee

LM661 Dundee-Belfast City

LM661 Belfast City-Dundee

 

 

Monday 20 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM621 Dundee-London City

LM622 London City-Dundee-Shetland

LM625 Shetland-Dundee-London City

LM626 London City-Dundee

 

Retimed flight:

LM038 Aberdeen to Kirkwall - will now depart Aberdeen at 18:05 and arrive at Kirkwall at 19:00

 

Additional flight:

An additional flight departing from Kirkwall at 19:30, arriving in Aberdeen at 20:20, is operating.

 

 

Tuesday 21 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM031 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM032 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM033 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM036 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM037 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM038 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM070 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM071 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM078 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM079 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM080 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM081 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM102 Benbecula-Stornoway

LM103 Stornoway-Benbecula

LM130 Shetland-Kirkwall-Inverness

LM131 Inverness-Kirkwall-Shetland

LM151 Inverness-Stornoway

LM152 Stornoway-Inverness

LM155 Inverness-Stornoway-Benbecula

LM156 Benbecula-Stornoway-Inverness

LM343 Edinburgh-Stornoway

LM344 Stornoway-Edinburgh

LM351 Edinburgh-Kirkwall-Shetland-Edinburgh

LM399 Edinburgh-Shetland-Kirkwall-Edinburgh

LM407 Glasgow-Benbecula

LM408 Benbecula-Glasgow

LM432 Glasgow-Kirkwall

LM433 Kirkwall-Glasgow

LM436 Shetland-Glasgow

LM437 Glasgow-Shetland

LM451 Glasgow-Barra

LM452 Barra-Glasgow

LM453 Glasgow-Tiree

LM454 Tiree-Glasgow

LM455 Glasgow-Barra

LM456 Barra-Glasgow

LM457 Glasgow-Tiree

LM458 Tiree-Glasgow

LM470 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM471 Stornoway-Glasgow

LM478 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM479 Stornoway-Glasgow

 

Orkney inter-isles air services will operate until 1300, and afternoon flights from 1300 onwards will be cancelled.

 

 

Wednesday 22 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM031 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM032 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM033 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM036 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM037 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM038 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM070 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM071 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM078 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM079 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM080 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM081 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM130 Shetland-Kirkwall-Inverness

LM131 Inverness-Kirkwall-Shetland

LM151 Inverness-Stornoway

LM152 Stornoway-Inverness

LM155 Inverness-Stornoway-Benbecula

LM156 Benbecula-Stornoway-Inverness

LM343 Edinburgh-Stornoway

LM344 Stornoway-Edinburgh

LM351 Edinburgh-Kirkwall-Shetland-Edinburgh

LM399 Edinburgh-Shetland-Kirkwall-Edinburgh

LM407 Glasgow-Benbecula

LM408 Benbecula-Glasgow

LM432 Glasgow-Kirkwall

LM433 Kirkwall-Glasgow

LM436 Shetland-Glasgow

LM437 Glasgow-Shetland

LM451 Glasgow-Barra

LM452 Barra-Glasgow

LM453 Glasgow-Tiree

LM454 Tiree-Glasgow

LM455 Glasgow-Barra

LM456 Barra-Glasgow

LM457 Glasgow-Tiree

LM458 Tiree-Glasgow

LM470 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM471 Stornoway-Glasgow

LM478 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM479 Stornoway-Glasgow

 

Orkney inter-isles air services will operate until 1300, and afternoon flights from 1300 onwards will be cancelled.

 

 

Thursday 23 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM031 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM032 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM033 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM036 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM037 Kirkwall-Aberdeen

LM038 Aberdeen-Kirkwall

LM070 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM071 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM078 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM079 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM080 Aberdeen-Shetland

LM081 Shetland-Aberdeen

LM102 Benbecula-Stornoway

LM103 Stornoway-Benbecula

LM130 Shetland-Kirkwall-Inverness

LM131 Inverness-Kirkwall-Shetland

LM151 Inverness-Stornoway

LM152 Stornoway-Inverness

LM155 Inverness-Stornoway-Benbecula

LM156 Benbecula-Stornoway-Inverness

LM343 Edinburgh-Stornoway

LM344 Stornoway-Edinburgh

LM351 Edinburgh-Shetland

LM352 Shetland-Edinburgh

LM357 Edinburgh-Shetland

LM358 Shetland-Edinburgh

LM391 Edinburgh-Kirkwall

LM392 Kirkwall-Edinburgh

LM394 Kirkwall-Edinburgh

LM399 Edinburgh-Kirkwall

LM407 Glasgow-Benbecula

LM408 Benbecula-Glasgow

LM409 Glasgow-Benbecula

LM410 Benbecula-Glasgow

LM432 Glasgow-Kirkwall

LM433 Kirkwall-Glasgow

LM436 Shetland-Glasgow

LM437 Glasgow-Shetland

LM451 Glasgow-Barra

LM452 Barra-Glasgow

LM453 Glasgow-Tiree

LM454 Tiree-Glasgow

LM455 Glasgow-Barra

LM456 Barra-Glasgow

LM457 Glasgow-Tiree

LM458 Tiree-Glasgow

LM470 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM471 Stornoway-Glasgow

LM478 Glasgow-Stornoway

LM479 Stornoway-Glasgow

LM622 Dundee-Shetland

Note: London City-Dundee leg of the flight unaffected

 

LM625 Shetland-Dundee

Note: Dundee-London City leg of the flight unaffected

 

Orkney inter-isles air services will operate until 1300, and afternoon flights from 1300 onwards will be cancelled.

 

 

Friday 24 February

Retimed flight:

LM031 Kirkwall to Aberdeen will now depart Kirkwall at 10:30 and arrive in Aberdeen at 11:20

 

Additional flights:

LM033 Kirkwall to Aberdeen departing at 13:20 and arriving at 14:10

LM034 Aberdeen to Kirkwall departing 11:50 and arriving at 12:45

LM438 Shetland to Glasgow departing at 19:35 arriving at 21:05

LM439 Glasgow to Shetland departing 17:35 arriving 19:05

 

Sunday 26 February

The following flights are cancelled:

LM457 Glasgow-Tiree

LM458 Tiree-Glasgow