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Why are Scottish #island #flights so expensive?

It's acute for roughly 71,230 people on Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Outer #Hebrides), #Orkney & #Shetland

For the price of a flight from Glasgow to Stornoway, you could fly from #Scotland’s largest city to Alicante, Spain, on a return & have £111 left over

Spanish flight takes around 3hrs while internal #Scottish flight taking 1hr

Glasgow to #Sumburgh, Shetland? That's £336 for flight of 1.5hr each way

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26433291.can-done-bring-scottish-islands-sky-high-air-fares/

#airlines #transport

Travel around the #Highlands & islands transformed by huge zero-carbon airships - report

The study into the potential of the helium-filled Airlander vehicles found that a reliable network for passengers and freight could be established using existing airports.

The feasibility study looked at #Inverness, #Kirkwall, #Sumburgh, #Barra, Papa Westray, #Stornoway & Scapa Bay

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/airships-could-provide-zero-carbon-travel-for-the-highlands-and-islands-3rk3qbdxn

#transport #airships #ferry #PapaWestray #ScapaBay #Shetland #Highlands #Islands #airports #travel

I was chasing this wee bird for a good 15 minutes for a decent photo.

Time flies wren you're having fun I guess.

At the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, April 2022.

#birdphotography #photography #shetland #nature #scotland #sumburgh #sorrynotsorry #badpuns