Highland airline in no comment on service

BBC – Highland Airways has refused to comment on its future involvement in a service between Cardiff and Anglesey in Wales. The airline has been in discussions with a potential investor after hitting financial troubles made worse by severe weather affecting flights.

Inverness direct access to Heathrow plea

BBC – The UK Government was urged last night to follow through on a clear policy statement supporting the need for regional airports such as Inverness to have direct access to Heathrow. Ministers told the Commons transport committee that plans to improve high-speed rail services were “unlikely” to be sufficient to meet the need for [...]

Student made bomb ‘joke’ at Inverness airport

STV – A student sparked a New Year’s Day bomb scare at a Scottish airport as a ‘joke’ – claiming he was being picked on by security staff. Alper Balci, 23, from Istanbul, was searched three times at Inverness Airport and told one female officer: “Maybe you will find a bomb.”

Troubled north airline in talks over investment

An aviation company which runs corporate and private business flights out of Perth Airport has emerged as a potential investor in a troubled Highland airline, reports the Press and Journal

Airport to showcase holiday destinations

INVERNESS Airport is holding a special show next month to highlight the number of foreign destinations that are available from the north, reports the Press and Journal

Airport business park gets go-ahead

Councillors have granted planning permission to a new business park at Inverness Airport by 10 votes to five, reports the BBC

Council accused of being unrealistic over airport business park

Councillors are due to rule on the controversial 500-acre development tomorrow after visiting the site at Dalcross, reports the Press and Journal

Highland castles keep the downturn at bay

The travel industry is certainly suffering in the downturn but the appeal of a Scottish castle has stood the test of recession, judging by the numbers who chose to see in the New Year from behind some of the Highlands’ smartest sets of ramparts, reports ft.com

New flights route between Inverness and Zurich

A new charter flight is to connect Inverness with Zurich from next year, reports the BBC

Forres hotelier wins tourism ‘oscar’

THE owner of the Knockomie Hotel in Forres has won a Scottish tourism ‘oscar’ for his leadership and vision in the industry.

Dalcross farmer’s cream carrots to be sold at M&S

FOR centuries it has been synonymous with its bright orange colour – now the humble carrot has had a makeover, reports the Press and Journal here

Challenge for north airports as passenger numbers fall

North airports saw a three per cent drop in passenger numbers last year in what their operator described as a “challenging environment.”
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Crunch blamed for airport business park delay

Officials at Inverness Airport Business Park say the current financial climate has slowed progress, but insist the scheme, first unveiled five years ago, is not in jeopardy, reports the Inverness Courier

Police end flying school investigtion

A police investigation into a flying school at Inverness airport which went into admistration earlier this year owing thousands to customers, has found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Inverness Courier

Disabled pilots fly into Inverness after 15-hour island-hop

THREE disabled flyers touched down in Inverness last week after flying for 15 hours and landing at 15 island airports.
Caroline Begg from London, Andrew Lewis from Gloucestershire and Steve Hopwood from Norwich are all graduates of The Flying Scholarships for the Disabled (FSD) and flew in formation on June 18 from Jersey to Inverness via [...]

Flier shuns Flybe after ’scares’

An Inverness businessman is switching airlines after a “nerve-racking” Flybe flight home from London on Friday in what emerged as the second scare involving one of the company’s planes on the same route that day.
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Rescue crews on alert as plane flies into Inverness

A fleet of fire engines, ambulances and other emergency crews from Inverness rushed to Inverness airport yesterday (5 June) after a Flybe aircraft with 121 on board flying in from Gatwick, reported a technical fault.
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