Editing Orkney (section)

===Transport===
====Air====
[[Highlands and Islands Airports Limited|Highland and Islands Airports]] operates the main airport in Orkney, [[Kirkwall Airport]]. [[Loganair]] provides services to the Scottish mainland ([[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]], [[Edinburgh Airport|Edinburgh]], [[Glasgow Airport|Glasgow]] and [[Inverness Airport|Inverness]]), as well as to [[Sumburgh Airport]] in Shetland.<ref name=visork>[http://www.visitorkney.com/gettinghere.asp "Getting Here"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502072758/http://www.visitorkney.com/gettinghere.asp |date=2 May 2009 }} Visit Orkney. Retrieved 13 September 2009.</ref>

Within Orkney, the council operates airports on most of the larger islands including [[Stronsay Airport|Stronsay]], [[Eday Airport|Eday]], [[North Ronaldsay Airport|North Ronaldsay]], [[Westray Airport|Westray]], [[Papa Westray Airport|Papa Westray]], [[Sanday Airport|Sanday]], and [[Flotta#Airport|Flotta]].<ref>[http://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport.html "Air Travel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603165324/http://www.hial.co.uk/kirkwall-airport.html |date=3 June 2009 }} Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 13 September 2009.</ref> The [[Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route|shortest scheduled air service in the world]], between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray, is scheduled at two minutes' duration<ref>[http://www.westraypapawestray.co.uk/getting-here/ "Getting Here"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407105120/http://www.westraypapawestray.co.uk/getting-here/ |date=7 April 2012 }} Westray and Papa Westray Craft and Tourist Associations. Retrieved 7 January 2010.</ref> but can take less than one minute if the wind is in the right direction.

====Ferry====
[[File:Ferry at Whale Geo pier, Westray - geograph.org.uk - 33804.jpg|thumb|right|{{MV|Earl Thorfinn}} arrives at [[Westray]]. [[Orkney Ferries]] operate a fleet of inter-island ferries.<ref>[http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/ "Welcome to Orkney Ferries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208020048/http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/ |date=8 February 2007 }}. Orkney Ferries Ltd. Retrieved 16 May 2012.</ref>]]

Ferries serve both to link Orkney to the rest of Scotland, and also to link together the various islands of the Orkney archipelago. Ferry services operate between Orkney and the Scottish mainland and Shetland on the following routes:
* Gills Bay to [[St Margaret's Hope]] (operated by [[Pentland Ferries]])
* John o' Groats to [[Burwick, Orkney|Burwick]] on South Ronaldsay (seasonal passenger only service, operated by John o' Groats Ferries)
* [[Lerwick, Shetland|Lerwick]] to Kirkwall (operated by [[NorthLink Ferries]])
* Aberdeen to Kirkwall (operated by NorthLink Ferries)
* [[Scrabster Harbour]], [[Thurso]] to [[Stromness]] (operated by NorthLink Ferries)

Inter-island ferry services connect all the inhabited islands to Orkney Mainland and are operated by [[Orkney Ferries]], a company owned by Orkney Islands Council. The isles of [[Westray]], [[Papa Westray]] (or Papay), [[North Ronaldsay]], [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Eday]], [[Stronsay]], and [[Shapinsay]] are served from Kirkwall harbour, while the northern end of [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] and [[Graemsay]] are served from Stromness harbour, the [[Lyness]] end of Hoy, as well as [[Longhope, Orkney|Longhope]] on [[South Walls]], and [[Flotta]] are served from [[Houton]] on the south of the mainland, and [[Rousay]], [[Egilsay]] and [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]] are served from [[Tingwall, Orkney|Tingwall]], in the [[Rendall]] area of the Orkney mainland. As well as this, the {{MV|Golden Mariana}} connects the village of [[Pierowall]] on Westray with Papa Westray - this provides a vital local service for schoolchildren on Papay as well as supplementing existing through sailings from Kirkwall.<ref name=visork/>

====Bus====
Local buses around the Orkney Mainland, as well as across the [[Churchill Barriers]] to [[Burray]] and [[South Ronaldsay]], are operated by [[Stagecoach Highlands#Orkney Islands|Stagecoach Highlands]]. The main route is the X1, connecting [[Stromness]], [[Stenness]] for [[Maeshowe]], [[Finstown]], Kirkwall, [[St Mary's, Orkney|St Mary's]], [[Burray Village|Burray]], and [[St Margaret's Hope]]. There are also buses from Kirkwall via [[Orphir]] (2), and from Stromness (5) to the ferry terminal at [[Houton]] (from which inter-island ferries operate to [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] and [[Flotta]], from Kirkwall to [[Kirkwall Airport]] (3 & 4), [[Tankerness]] and [[Deerness]] (3), from Kirkwall and Finstown to Tingwall (from which there are ferries to [[Rousay]], [[Egilsay]] and [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]]), [[Evie, Orkney|Evie]] and [[Birsay]], from Stromness to Kirkwall via [[Skara Brae]], [[Dounby]], [[Harray]] and Finstown (7), the 8 (which does a circular route to and from Kirkwall and Finstown via Stromness and the West Mainland villages, such as [[Marwick]], Quoyloo, Dounby and Stenness), and the X10, which connects the late-night call of the [[NorthLink Ferries|NorthLink]] ferry to and from Aberdeen and Lerwick, at Hatston Ferry Terminal, to Kirkwall, Finstown and Stromness.

In 2021, the island's three-vehicle minibus service for disabled people was a target for hackers seeking a £1,000 ransom in cryptocurrency.<ref>{{cite web |first=Constance |last=Kampfner |title=Orkney minibus service for disabled targeted by international ransomware hackers |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 December 2021 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/orkney-minibus-service-for-disabled-targeted-by-international-ransomware-hackers-hp5gx5zxg |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>