Plans for centralised Inverness air traffic control system condemned as 'disaster' for regional airports By Calum MacLeod | Updated: 14:56, 16 February 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Jamie Stone wants Holyrood candidates to unite against HIAL's plans. North airports operator Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) has been accused of squandering more than £6.6 million and overlooking the needs of the Far North as a result of its "obsession" with the centralisation of services in Inverness. Highland Liberal Democrats, Jamie Stone and Molly Nolan, are calling on the SNP government to step in and halt the proposed centralisation of air traffic control service in Inverness as HIAL executives prepare to give evidence to Holyrood's public petitions committee about the plans this week.