Get involved

PE1804: Halt Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd's Air Traffic Management Strategy

Petition summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to halt Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd's Air Traffic Management Strategy Project to conduct an independent assessment of the decisions and decision-making process of the ATMS project.

Petitioner: Alasdair MacEachen, John Doig and Peter Henderson on behalf of Benbecula Community Council

Status: Closed

Date published: 26 March 2020

Click here for the full petition

Public Petitions Committee Consideration

SPICe briefing

Committee Meetings

1 October 2020: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity. It also agreed to write to Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, Loganair, Prospect, and relevant airports and local authorities.

Official Report of Meeting 1 October 2020

16 December 2020: the Committee took evidence from petitioners John Doig and Peter Henderson. It also agreed to write to the Civil Aviation Authority and the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee. The Committee also agreed to invite representatives of Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd and Transport Scotland to give evidence at a future meeting.

Official Report of Meeting 16 December 2020

17 February 2021: The Committee took evidence from Inglis Lyon, Managing Director; Gary Cobb, Chief Operating Officer; and Pat Nolan, ATM Professional Advisor, Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd. The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.

Official Report of Meeting 17 February 2021

24 February 2021: The Committee took evidence from Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity; and Gary Cox, Head of Aviation, Transport Scotland. The Committee agreed to continue this petition and include it in its legacy paper for its successor Committee, along with a suggestion to seek an update from the Scottish Government on the issues of concern raised during the evidence session. The Committee also agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity.

Official Report of Meeting 24 February 2021

8 September 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport. The Committee also agreed to write to the Civil Aviation Authority, the Scottish Government’s Digital Assurance Office and the Prospect trade union.

Official Report of Meeting 8 September 2021

17 November 2021: The Committee agreed to write to Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd and key stakeholders.

Official Report of Meeting 17 November 2021

2 February 2022: The Committee agreed to invite the petitioners and Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd to provide evidence at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to write to the Civil Aviation Authority and Prospect and to review the evidence it had previously received from air operators.

Official Report of Meeting 2 February 2022

04 May 2022: The Committee heard evidence from petitioner Peter Henderson, and then from David Avery, Prospect. The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard today at a future meeting.

Official Report of Meeting 4 May 2022

18 May 2022: The Committee took evidence from Inglis Lyon, Managing Director, Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.

Official Report of Meeting 18 May 2022

8 June 2022: The committee agreed to close this petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the issues raised in this petition appear now to have been resolved.

Official Report of Meeting 8 June 2022