Major Scottish airlines fuel supplies to be hit amid tank driver strikes

Fuel supplies at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports will be hit as tanker drivers halt fuel deliveries amid strike action.

Grangemouth-based tanker drivers working for Turners (Soham) Limited are set to walk out over a pay dispute starting from Friday, October 17.

Scotland’s largest union has confirmed that major airlines operating at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports will be impacted.

Strike action is due to continue until October 21.

Unite said that Turners has refused to improve upon its 1% pay offer for 2025, while the latest inflation rate stood at 4.6% in August.

It said the company offered only marginal improvements in working conditions and allowances for workers.

Turners further proposed a pay offer for the following year, based on the CPI inflation rate as of January 2026.

The two-year offer was rejected by Unite’s membership, and the union said there has been no breakthrough in talks.

“Turners is driving our members towards strike action by its continual refusal to improve upon what is a miserly pay offer from a very profitable company,” Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said.

“We will fully support our members in their fight to secure better jobs, pay and conditions.”

Unite industrial officer, Lyn Turner, added: “Unite has tried to engage with Turners to bring this dispute to a positive conclusion. Unfortunately, the company is intent on escalating this pay dispute to the point where strike action will now be inevitable due to its penny-pinching.

“We are in no doubt that if these Grangemouth-based tanker drivers are forced to take strike action, then it will significantly hit fuel supplies to airlines at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports.”

Turners has been contacted for comment.

Edinburgh Airport has said the strike action will have “limited impact”.