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Article: Flights secured as Stornoway airport sold for 1 million pounds

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The Scotsman
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March 28, 2000
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THE Ministry of Defence has sold Stornoway airport to the state- owned Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) for GBP 1 million, it was confirmed last night.

HIAL has acquired 550 acres of land around the airport, while 120 acres of crofting and agricultural land have been sold separately to the Stornoway Trust.

The deal was welcomed by Alasdair Morrison, deputy minister for the Highlands and Islands and the Western Isles MSP, who said it would safeguard air services to and from Stornoway.

He said: "It would have been disastrous had there been any question of a public bidding, where the highest bidder could come in and may not have any social concern whatsoever. It would have been ...

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