Appendix F - Hypothetical scenarios for future needs of communities in the Highlands and Islands
Less Demand for air services
- Greater use of video-conferencing and other technology
- Telemedicine
- Focus on higher spending tourists rather than volume
- Improved facilities on islands
- High speed rail
- Medical supplies and post delivered by drone
- Improvement in ferry provision and/or fixed links
Same level of demand for air services
- Around the same number of people living and working in the Highlands and Islands
- No changes to current travel patterns
- No changes to how goods are transported
More demand for air services
- More people living and working in the Highlands and Islands (e.g. because of growth of the energy sector, more home and remote working, more small business start-ups etc.)
- More tourists
- Lower costs as a result of using electric/hydrogen aircraft
- Modal shift from ferry to plane
- More goods transported in belly hold/ dedicated air freight
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