Highlands and Islands Airport's Annual Report (3MB pdf - Scottish ...

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Davie Berston
Airport Manager, Kirkwall
Kirkwall
Kirkwall airport is the main airport serving
the Orkney Islands. Through a franchise
partnership with flybe, Loganair operate
services to Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Sumburgh, in addition to some
of the internal island ‘hops’ to Sanday,
Papa Westray and North Ronaldsay.
A number of local businesses have
customers from all over the world
passing through this airport, including the
European Marine Energy Centre, a test
centre for the emerging marine energy
converters, situated at nearby Stromness.
There have been a number of internal
promotions within the Kirkwall team, most
significantly was the appointment of local
man Davie Berston to Airport Manager,
It is unlikely our business would exist without Kirkwall airport. The
frequent flights mean the developers of the wave and tidal energy
machines we are testing can get to us and we can easily get to the
inevitable meetings South. The service is first rate, staff friendly and
the flights punctual.
Neil Kermode, Managing Director, The European Marine Energy Centre
who has worked his way up through the
ranks, initially joining as a firefighter in
1991. Charity fund raising during 2010,
included an air display over Kirkwall bay by
a Spitfire, SE5A replica and a Pitts Special
acrobatic aircraft.
Duncan Smith
Airport Manager, Stornoway
Stornoway
61 people are employed locally at
Stornoway airport on the Isle of Lewis.
Local man, Iain MacIver, was promoted to
Senior Air Traffic Controller (SATC) after
progressing from the Air Traffic Control
Officer role, he started his ATC training in
2001 and validated as a Controller with
HIAL in Stornoway in 2002. Local spin-off
employment includes: local trades people,
an airport caterer, car hire and taxi
services. The CHC Search & Rescue
helicopter is based at Stornoway airport,
covering a territory from the North Atlantic
to the rugged terrain of the NW Highlands.
After Inverness and Fort William,
Stornoway is the third largest town in the
Scottish Highlands, and regular flights
enables a number of island people to
remain living on the island but work either
on the mainland or off-shore. Scheduled
flights operate to Inverness, Benbecula,
Edinburgh and Glasgow, operated by flybe
franchise Loganair and to Aberdeen
operated by Eastern Airways. The annual
charity car club fund raiser managed by
the local team raised over £4000 last
year for local charities.
In the last 18 months I have used Inverness Airport as a basis for
business trips to Europe, the United States and the Scottish Islands,
and for leisure breaks to London and the South East. The range of
destinations and airlines offered truly makes Inverness the gateway to
the Highlands.
Angela Wilson, Business Development Manager, Energy North
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