POLITICIANS and trades unions have called a guarantee over jobs and passenger safety after Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd revealed plans to centralise its air traffic control operations in Inverness.
HIAL said last week it wanted to ‘future proof’ its operations in Scotland with an estimated £28 million investment in stateof- the-art air traffic management technology.
HIAL is looking to close its air traffic control towers at Sumburgh, Dundee, Inverness, Wick, John O’Groats, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Benbecula.