Strike action will impact Stornoway and Benbecula airports

By The Newsroom

Published 1st Mar 2019, 13:51 BST

Updated 1st Mar 2019, 15:07 BST

Air traffic controllers working for Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (Hial) have voted in favour of taking strike action.

In a ballot, 88% of controllers voted for strikes.

Stornoway and Benbecula airports, as well as Dundee, Inverness, Kirkwall, Sumburgh and Wick John O’Groats will be impacted.

The strikes are likely to begin in April and continue during the summer.