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5,000 aviation jobs lost – while £1.2bn public money spent saving buses, trains & Scot Gov airports
MINISTERS have presided over a 'tsunami' of nearly 5000 job losses in aviation across Scotland after failing to provide direct pandemic support, while using over £1.2 billion of public money to support buses and trains and its own airports, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.
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- 5,000 aviation jobs lost – while £1.2bn public money spent saving buses, trains & Scot Gov airportsMINISTERS have presided over a 'tsunami' of nearly 5000 job losses in aviation across Scotland after failing to provide direct pandemic support, while using over £1.2 billion of public money to support buses and trains and its own airports, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.
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- 5,000 aviation jobs lost - while £1.2bn public money spent saving buses, trains & Scot Gov airports … The response came from Transport Secretary Michael Matheson who … airlines have already moved routes from Scotland to other European … start competing with other European countries in the recovery … are working closely with airports and airlines to restore and …
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