Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr says the routes are popular with tourists 'so there will be a further impact on our hospitality businesses.'
The airline blamed ‘the current soft market conditions and higher costs from NATS the air traffic control provider.
Planning will proceed despite the admission the local authority does not have the cash to complete the scheme.
He says 'no other employer I know would have accepted his excuses and borne his costs, especially as his current salary is close to £120,000.'
MSP Fergus Ewing says 'work to dual the A9 and the A96 must be done at the same time' on grounds of 'basic fairness.'
He demands action from Fiona Hyslop on four shovel-ready sections after 'serial' broken promises.
Scottish Conservative MSP Sandesh Gulhane says the revelations are 'gravely concerning.'
The Scottish Government did not give the region a penny in LEIP funding despite a third of Highland schools being in a poor condition.
This week it emerged tenants had amassed £3.3 million in debt to Highland Council due to the cost of living crisis
MSPs Fergus Ewing and Rhoda Grant both praised the reporting which 'exemplifies proactive journalism at its finest.'
US travel writers describe Inverness as 'one of Scotland’s most captivating cities' that leaves visitors 'awe-struck.'
Inverness has by far the highest number of housing applications, states Highland Council official.
Urgent work had to be taken at both Charleston and Nairn academies to make them safe due to RAAC.
Confirmation of limited plans instead of new schools for Beauly and Park Primaries, Culloden Academy and St Clement's.
Angus MacDonald says Independent councillors act like 'the Greens do at Holyrood' as Bill Lobban bites back asking 'is there an election due?'
The Courier's Sarah Fyfe says it shows the 'A9 dualling is of vital importance to people in the Highlands and the government needs to listen'.
One Beauly parent says 'our children have been let down by both the Highland Council and the Scottish Government.'
She says: 'The move could incentivise landowners to restore their degraded peatlands and create more woodland.'
Kate Forbes kept her messages but a government spokesman could not say the same for Maree Todd.
Cross party fury was vented in Holyrood over two and half hour delays it is feared could lead to fatalities.
