Loganair clocks up £50k in Highlands and Islands donations

July 1, 2019 at 11:49 am

Loganair has teamed up with CLAN cancer support to help give back to Highlands and Islands communities.

A sponsorship initiative established by Loganair has helped 75 different Highlands and Islands organisations in the last year.

The airline says it has donated almost £50,000 worth of pro-bono flights to groups across its network, through the Loganair Community Fund.

The fund has backed a diverse mix of charities, community groups, arts organisations and local trusts, in addition to its strategic corporate partnership with CLAN Cancer Support.

Highlights of the airline’s activity gifting free and discounted flight tickets to a number of different sports clubs across Scotland’s islands Orkney Football Club.

It backed the arts by assisting festivals in some of Scotland’s most remote communities including the St Magnus International Festival and Scottish Ballet’s Highland Fling.

Loganair donated hundreds of tickets as raffle prizes to small organisations throughout the Scottish section of its network and also assisted many private individuals with discounted travel in the past 12 months.

Kay Ryan, Loganair’s commercial director said: “Scotland’s Highlands and Islands are an integral part of Loganair’s history, so we’re pleased to be able to provide assistance to such a plethora of incredible organisations.

“We get lots of requests each day and unfortunately can’t help everybody but despite the volume of approaches we do try to lend a hand.

“It’s always really interesting to hear about all the fantastic initiatives, organisations and projects which are taking place right across Scotland — with so many people involved in such great causes.”

The airline has also announced it will be supporting a number of upcoming CLAN Cancer projects, a partnership which was established in 2017. Loganair is sponsoring the charity’s James Ball themed Thunderball while also donating tickets for its Aberdeen to London Southend route as raffle prizes.

CLAN employees will be given free of charge seats to connect them with the charity’s bases in Shetland and Orkney and Loganair will once again take part in Go Purple Week in September.