With the return of the 4 Oban to South Uist sailings, on the 1st July, CalMac is now operating at 100% reliability to several very small populations, in the Skye, Raasay and the Small Isles group, heavily subsidised by the taxpayer.
In the Herald last December:
THE £185.5m-a-year of taxpayers money used to subsidise ferry services would “better deployed” according to a consensus of responses to transport inquiry.
Scotland’s media, committed to informing the people of Scotland are not reporting the 100% service.
Brittany Ferries will manage 6 of its only 7, massively profitable, Channel crossings today, 86%.
Sources:
https://www.calmac.co.uk/calmac-performance-data-browser?date=03%2F07%2F2023
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