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:
- 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;
- 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
