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BBC Alba series examines north air traffic control plans By Calum MacLeod Published: 00:52, 18 February 2021
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Wick John O Groats Airport is one of two HIAL airports which will be downgraded from having its own air traffic service to a flight information service.
Controversial plans to change the way air traffic operations are handled in the Highlands and Islands will be put under the spotlight by BBC Alba current affairs series Eòrpa this evening.
Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (HIAL), wants to remove air traffic control from five airports and centralise it at one location in Inverness using remote tower technology, and downgrade the air traffic service at two other airports to an information service.