News / Loganair changes schedule to avoid gales

21 December 2016 11:29

LOGANAIR has vastly altered its flight schedule for Friday in an attempt to avoid the worst of the anticipated strong winds.

A number of scheduled flights to and from Shetland have been moved to earlier times as airline Loganair attempts to dodge the poor weather.

Some flights in and out of Sumburgh have been cancelled, but those affected will be rebooked onto other flights.

It is anticipated that the timetable will run as usual on Christmas Eve, but passengers are asked to confirm the status of their flight before leaving for the airport.

Earlier this week, Loganair confirmed that passengers due to travel on a flight on Friday or Saturday could transfer to earlier departures for free to ensure they get home for Christmas.

A spokesperson for Loganair said on Wednesday: “Several hundred customers have taken advantage of Loganair’s offer earlier this week to rearrange their travel plans for Friday and Saturday.

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“We expect to run a normal schedule on Wednesday and Thursday but are re-timing 27 flights on Friday to operate earlier, ahead of forecast weather deteriorations, and cancelling ten other services where forecasts indicate no reasonable prospect of being able to operate.”

Friday’s timetable changes are as follows:

BE6778	Aberdeen-Sumburgh	Will now depart Aberdeen at 13:10 (1h45 earlier)
BE6779	Sumburgh-Aberdeen	Will now depart Sumburgh 14:45 (1h45 earlier)
BE6780	Aberdeen-Sumburgh	Flight cancelled. Customers will be reaccommodated on the earlier BE6778 flight at 13:10.
BE6781	Sumburgh-Aberdeen	Flight cancelled. Customers will be reaccommodated on the earlier BE6779 flight at 14:45.
BE6809	Glasgow-Benbecula	Will now depart Glasgow 11:40 (3 hours earlier)
BE6810	Benbecula-Glasgow	Will now depart Benbecula 13:10 (3 hours earlier)
BE6826	Glasgow-Stornoway	Will now depart Glasgow 11:55 (2 hours earlier)
BE6827	Stornoway-Glasgow	Will now depart Stornoway 13:30 (2 hours earlier)
BE6828	Glasgow-Stornoway	Will now depart Glasgow 14:10 (3h35 earlier)
BE6829	Stornoway-Glasgow	Will now depart Stornoway 15:45 (3h35 earlier)
BE6831	Kirkwall-Aberdeen	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked onto BE6833 Kirkwall-Aberdeen or alternative services from Kirkwall as required for onward connections
BE6836	Aberdeen-Kirkwall	Will now depart Aberdeen 12:45 (3h10 earlier)
BE6837	Kirkwall-Aberdeen	Will now depart Kirkwall 14:05 (3h10 earlier)
BE6838	Aberdeen-Kirkwall	Will now depart Aberdeen 15:25 (3h10 earlier)
BE6847	Glasgow-Campbeltown	Will now depart Glasgow at 14:25 (2h earlier)
BE6848	Campbeltown-Glasgow	Will now depart Campbeltown at 15:30 (2h earlier)
BE6857	Glasgow-Tiree	Will now depart Glasgow at 14:35 (2h earlier)
BE6858	Tiree-Glasgow	Will now depart Tiree at 15:55 (2h earlier)
BE6894	Kirkwall-Edinburgh	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6898 departing Kirkwall at 14:45.
BE6897	Edinburgh-Kirkwall	Will now depart Edinburgh at 13:00 (1h15 earlier)
BE6898	Kirkwall-Edinburgh	Will now depart Kirkwall at 14:45 (1h15 earlier)
BE6899	Edinburgh-Kirkwall	Will now depart Edinburgh at 16:30 (1h20 earlier)
BE6917	Glasgow-Sumburgh	Will now depart Glasgow 11:10 (2 hours earlier)
BE6918	Sumburgh-Glasgow	Will now depart Sumburgh 17:15 (2h35 earlier)
BE6919	Glasgow-Sumburgh	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6917 departing Glasgow at 11:10
BE6920	Sumburgh-Glasgow	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6916 departing Sumburgh at 11:50
BE6927	Glasgow-Islay	Will now depart Glasgow 15:00 (2 hours earlier)
BE6928	Islay-Glasgow	Will now depart Islay 16:15 (2 hours earlier)
BE6934	Sumburgh-Inverness	Will now depart Sumburgh 13:15 (2h30 earlier)
BE6939	Inverness-Kirkwall Kirkwall-Sumburgh	Will now depart Inverness 14:50 (2h30 earlier) Will now depart Kirkwall 16:00 (2h30 earlier)
BE6947	Edinburgh-Stornoway	Will now depart Edinburgh 14:10, arriving 15:20 (2h45 earlier)
BE6948	Stornoway-Edinburgh	Will now depart Stornoway 15:50, arriving 17:00 (2h45 earlier)
BE6957	Inverness-Stornoway	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6955 departing Inverness at 14:00
BE6958	Stornoway-Inverness	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6956 departing Stornoway at 17:00
BE6997	Edinburgh-Sumburgh	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6995 departing Edinburgh at 13:45
BE6998	Sumburgh-Edinburgh	Flight cancelled. Customers will be rebooked to travel on BE6996 departing Sumburgh at 15:50 or alternative flights as required for onward connections.
LM359	Kirkwall-North Ronaldsay North Ronaldsay-Kirkwall	Will now depart Kirkwall 14:00 (3h15 earlier) Will now depart North Ronaldsay 14:23 (3h15 earlier)

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