Review of Benbecula Airport's traffic control shelved

A review of air traffic control at Benbecula Airport in the Western Isles has been delayed for five years.

It had been proposed to change the level of air traffic service provision due to the low number of aircraft movements.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) said it had decided to wait for any upcoming changes to UK civil aviation regulations.

The union Prospect has welcomed Hial's decision.

A decision on a separate review of air traffic control for Wick John O'Groats Airport in Caithness is expected on Monday.

Industrial action

In January, Hial dropped its plan to centralise some of its other air traffic control operations.

Controllers at Dundee, Inverness, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Sumburgh were to be relocated to the new Inverness hub.

Prospect organised industrial action against the move saying it would have put almost 50 jobs at risk.

Hial said the plan no longer formed part of its proposed modernisation of air traffic control.

The Scottish government-owned company is to prepare a new business case to present to Transport Scotland for approval.