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| Concerns over future of airline | Concerns over future of airline |
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| Staff meetings are due to take place at a Scottish airline amid uncertainty over its future. | Staff meetings are due to take place at a Scottish airline amid uncertainty over its future. |
| Highland Airways executive chairman Kevin Wright will be meeting with company workers at Inverness Airport on Monday morning. | Highland Airways executive chairman Kevin Wright will be meeting with company workers at Inverness Airport on Monday morning. |
| It is not possible to book flights on the firm's website and more than 100 jobs are understood to be at stake. | It is not possible to book flights on the firm's website and more than 100 jobs are understood to be at stake. |
| A spokesman for the airline could not confirm or deny rumours that it is on the verge of collapse. | A spokesman for the airline could not confirm or deny rumours that it is on the verge of collapse. |
| Highland Airways was set up in 1991, as Air Alba, and has gone on to operate mainly island routes in Scotland and Wales. | Highland Airways was set up in 1991, as Air Alba, and has gone on to operate mainly island routes in Scotland and Wales. |
| It has also carried out other work including mail and fisheries protection duties. | It has also carried out other work including mail and fisheries protection duties. |
| In August, BBC Scotland reported that two fisheries protection aircraft operated by Highland Airways had been out of action for six weeks. | |
| The Scottish government said delays in completing the necessary documentation had prevented the planes from flying. | |
| The protection agency, established in 1991, enforces UK, European Union and international fisheries laws and regulations in the seas around Scotland and in Scottish ports. | |
| It owns two Reims Cessna Caravan II F-406 aircraft contracted to Highland Airways and based at Inverness Airport. |