The UK airline is cutting flights to and from three destination in its schedule this summer due to financial pressures including the increase in fuel costs and airport fees
The airline is cutting flights from its schedule (Image: MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A UK airline is set to cut flights to three destinations next month due to financial pressures.
Loganair offers passengers flights to and from destinations across the UK and France, including London, Glasgow, Paris and Edinburgh.
However, the airline has announced that it cannot continue to run all current routes “without impacting the wider business”.
From July 19, Loganair will reduce flights between Inverness and Stornoway, Orkney, and Shetland.
Daily flights currently run from Inverness to Orkney (Kirkwall) and Shetland (Sumburgh) with a regular service also flying to Stornoway.
However, following the cuts, flights between these destinations will only operate on weekends.
Chief executive of Loganair, Luke Farajallah, told the BBC, said: “We do not take these decisions lightly.”
He continued: “The recent increase in fuel prices, together with escalations in aircraft repair costs, airport fees and route charges, mean that Loganair, Hial and Transport Scotland must find a way to sustain lifeline routes where passenger numbers are limited.
“These routes matter to us and to the communities they serve, but we must balance that commitment with the long-term sustainability of Loganair and the wider network those communities also rely on.”
Mr Farajallah said that full services could resume in October if more funding was secured.
Hial, owned by the Scottish government, have offered a support package but it warned that any assistance must be affordable.