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16 October 2014

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Airport timetables

We now have a timetable!! Interesting timing; planning has just gone in for the terminal building and no work (other than paper) has happened. These (there are several) are proposed timetables, not actual, and we are asked to comment on them. I didn’t think it was possible to make sense out of the coloured sheets, but I persevered and may have made some progress. There is a basic, an intermediate and an advanced. No flights on Thursday and no flights after dark, which is a bit limiting in the winter. In theory there will be two return trips at least twice a week, but as the maximum time between flights at Connel is 3 hours and I don’t know what the check-in times are it will limit time in Oban, probably not much use for hospital appointments, although we might squeeze a dentist trip in. Obviously more useful for ‘experts’ coming to Coll. Some flights link with Tiree, although never a double call. I haven’t worked out how it will link up with the boat, but by the time this starts the second linkspan will be up and running and boat times will be completely different. The school kids get priority on some flights, but no word on the size of plane.
Last night Coll had one of its irregular fire festivals. How far away were we visible?

Posted on NiconColl at 16:51

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Sounds as if its all GO for coll. Has anyone thought about the fares as it astronomical to fly to the islands from both Aderdeen and Inverness

Maargaret12347718 from Mainland


The Rumour Mill quotes £70 return to Connel, £90 to Glasgow.

Doug from Coll


Is it true there won't be a direct flight to Glasgow though? I prefer the ferry myself... not as much fun going somewhere when you can get there so easily. Is it really worth doing? I'm assuming it's going to have to be heavily subsidised. There must be a reason they stopped the previous service to Coll.

Buzz from Glasgow


Buzz's twin here. The last timetable I saw had buses and planes, but the planes were Oban to Coll! If I've still got to drive to Glasgow then the extra few hours for the ferry make very little difference. I would fly to Coll once for the fun of doing so, (and for funerals), but the ferry is a big part of the trip. I am a big CalMac fan. I suppose if my ex-employer wins the ferry contract then I will, however, never sail to Coll again. Companies with no experience of running passenger ferries should not even be allowed to tender to run a passenger ferry, knowing the company they'll just submit a loss-leader, and, knowing our Government, they'll win the bid! If my husband can find a way to get a private plane or helicopter I'll just move to Coll permanently. I don't ask much of him do I?

Lorna or Buzz-2 from Glasgow




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