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Tim Smith<br />
Regional Manager South<br />
Overseeing the<br />
management of Barra,<br />
Benbecula, Campbeltown,<br />
Islay <strong>and</strong> Tiree airports.<br />
YOUR AIRPORTS<br />
HIAL manages 11 airports across Scotl<strong>and</strong>. These airports are<br />
community assets, serving the needs of local people <strong>and</strong> visitors<br />
alike, enabling efficient <strong>and</strong> effective business <strong>and</strong> leisure travel.<br />
Each of the airports is locally managed by a team of professionals<br />
who will always put your safety <strong>and</strong> travel needs first.<br />
Barra<br />
This is one of the ‘must visit’ airports –<br />
there is nowhere else in Europe where<br />
the beach (“An Tràigh Mhòr”, or in English<br />
“The Big Beach”) is a runway. The airport<br />
featured on the BBC2 documentary<br />
“An Isl<strong>and</strong> Parish” which has helped create<br />
awareness of this stunning isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the<br />
people who live there. There are regular<br />
flights to Glasgow <strong>and</strong> Benbecula from<br />
Barra, operated by Loganair. In addition to<br />
passengers, the aircraft carries freight <strong>and</strong><br />
the local newspapers are brought in daily.<br />
Another business which benefits from the<br />
airport is the local bus operator, which<br />
varies its timetable to meet the aircraft<br />
arrivals <strong>and</strong> departures which in turn<br />
depend on the timing of the tides.<br />
Bi busaichean Chlann MhicNèill a’ coinneachadh na hitealain<br />
a bhios a’ tighinn à Glaschu agus Beinn na<br />
Faoghla aig Port Àthair Eilean Bharraigh. Bi sinn a’ toirt<br />
luchd-turais a tha a’ tadhal oirnne bho iomadh ceàrn den<br />
t-saoghail, a bharrachd air luchd siubhail ionadail, gun<br />
ceann-uidhe. Tha sinn ag obair gu dlùth leis an sgioba aig<br />
a’ phort àthair gus dèanamh cinnteach gu bheil an tseirbheis<br />
a’ ruith cho rèith sa ghabhas.<br />
Benbecula<br />
Benbecula is part of the Outer Hebrides<br />
located in between the North & South<br />
Uists. There are no direct ferry services to<br />
the mainl<strong>and</strong>, therefore the daily Loganair<br />
flights to Glasgow, Stornoway <strong>and</strong> Barra<br />
offer key life-line services to the local<br />
community. Benbecula has a long military<br />
history, <strong>and</strong> the Hebrides Range army<br />
base control centre is located at the airport<br />
which necessitates close partnership<br />
working during various military trials<br />
throughout the year. There are 37 people<br />
employed at the airport, a significant<br />
employer for the isl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> in 2010<br />
unusually 2 brothers were promoted to<br />
Crew Manager posts within the local team.<br />
The airport cafe is operated by a local<br />
business <strong>and</strong> in addition to serving home<br />
made produce often has some impromptu<br />
music sessions.<br />
MacNeils Coaches meet the planes from Glasgow <strong>and</strong><br />
Benbecula at Barra airport. We collect passengers from<br />
all over the world for their holidays as well as our local<br />
travellers. We work closely with the local airport team to<br />
ensure we offer a joined up customer service.<br />
Hector MacNeil, MacNeil Coaches<br />
Campbeltown<br />
A scheduled Loganair service runs<br />
between Glasgow <strong>and</strong> Campbeltown on<br />
weekdays, which gives a faster alternative<br />
to the journey by road via the stunning<br />
Kintyre peninsula. HIAL currently lease<br />
the airport l<strong>and</strong> from the MOD. In 2010<br />
the l<strong>and</strong> was put up for sale <strong>and</strong> the local<br />
community trust are developing a funding<br />
package with local agencies to try <strong>and</strong><br />
purchase the l<strong>and</strong>, with a number of new<br />
l<strong>and</strong> use enterprises being planned. The<br />
buy out is at an early stage, but HIAL<br />
have been involved in a number of local<br />
meetings to support <strong>and</strong> advise the<br />
community initiative. The potential for the<br />
renewable energy sector is important to<br />
this area, with a wind farm manufacturing<br />
business based here.<br />
Islay<br />
Transporting over 26,000 business <strong>and</strong><br />
leisure travellers to <strong>and</strong> from Islay per<br />
year, Loganair operates daily services to<br />
Glasgow, <strong>and</strong> in June 2010 Hebridean<br />
Air services commenced operating flights<br />
to Oban <strong>and</strong> the small isl<strong>and</strong> of Colonsay,<br />
carrying over 600 passengers, including<br />
Health Board <strong>and</strong> distillery workers. Islay<br />
airport is very much part of the isl<strong>and</strong><br />
community <strong>and</strong> the local airport teams’<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Air Show in August, raised over<br />
£4000 for the Museum of Islay Life.<br />
A number of private planes like to use<br />
this airport, especially throughout the<br />
summer, when visitors want to visit<br />
distilleries – there are 8 on the isl<strong>and</strong> –<br />
or watch the many species of birdlife.<br />
Our passengers enjoy a variety of benefits when travelling to <strong>and</strong> from<br />
Inverness Airport - which acts as the perfect gateway to the fascinating<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Highl<strong>and</strong>s</strong>. Our passengers always comment on the excellent<br />
range of airport facilities which provide an excellent beginning <strong>and</strong> end<br />
to their travels. The Falcon Travel team appreciate the great<br />
relationship it has with <strong>Highl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> & Isl<strong>and</strong>s Airports.<br />
Ingrid Volmer, Falcon Travel<br />
Tiree<br />
The airport management are keeping up<br />
to date with developments on the planning<br />
of the array of off-shore wind farm<br />
developments, as if the <strong>Scottish</strong> Southern<br />
Renewables development goes ahead, it<br />
could have a major impact on the airports<br />
business. There are regular scheduled<br />
flights from Glasgow <strong>and</strong> Oban, serving<br />
the isl<strong>and</strong>s’ population, which currently<br />
st<strong>and</strong>s at less than 900. Tourism <strong>and</strong><br />
crofting are the main sources of employment<br />
<strong>and</strong> both benefit from the above UKaverage<br />
of total hours of sunshine this isl<strong>and</strong> enjoys.<br />
We work very closely with the RSPB who<br />
leases l<strong>and</strong> from the airport due to the<br />
diverse range of wildlife that can be<br />
found here.<br />
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