Leading UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has bid farewell to the last of its Saab 340 aircraft after 24 years service with the airline.

The aircraft performed its last revenue flight on Thursday 25th of January operation between Kirkwall and Inverness under the special flight number LM340.

The aircraft then flew down to Glasgow for its official retirement.

The 18 Saab 340s that have been in Loganair’s fleet have flown over 430,000 flights and even carried the olympic torch to Shetland, Orkney, and Stornoway in the Western Isles in 2012.

More recently two of the Saab 340s were converted to be used as air ambulance during the COVID 19 pandemic serving the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.