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Portuguese carrier TAP plans to raise the number of scheduled flights on the Lisbon–Porto Alegre route.
Home News Ryanair departure may impact Azores tourism Ryanair departure may impact Azores tourism The Portuguese Hotel Association ( AHP) representative in the Azores stated that Ryanair's departure from the region represents “a substantial loss” of air seats and could further aggravate tourism s
“The importance of Ryanair goes far beyond air capacity,” AREAT said, noting that the airline's exit from the archipelago affects the profitability of local businesses and demand for the destination.
Ryanair's chief executive today accused the Portuguese Government of limiting growth at Lisbon's Portela airport to protect TAP, and warned that European environmental taxation is making routes to the Azores loss-making.
In ANAC's view, the implementation of this bill would represent “a backward step from a competition standpoint” and “could jeopardise air links” between the autonomous regions and the mainland.
The Ryanair CEO accused the Government of limiting the capacity growth of Humberto Delgado Airport to protect TAP during the privatisation. Michael O’Leary also confirmed that the airline will stop flying to the Azores from the end of March, blaming the European Union's environmental taxes. The Government "is protecting ...
In light of Ryanair's departure from the Azores, SATA reiterates that it will 'continue to work to ensure air connectivity to the Azores'. The Regional Government continues negotiations with the Irish carrier.
The statement comes amid the airline's threats to end all its operations in the archipelago from 29 March. The Executive says that 'the channels of dialogue are open'.
The Azores Regional Government assured on Tuesday that talks with Ryanair continue, with a view to the company maintaining its operation with the archipelago after March, a source from the Regional Secretariat for Tourism told Lusa. The Irish airline reiterated to Lusa that it will withdraw its operation in the Azores ...
Home News More Americans coming to Portugal More Americans coming to Portugal More and more American citizens are travelling to Portugal due to improved air accessibility.
'Missão Açores' prioritises strengthening flights from the archipelago to the mainland.
Greece is TAP's new destination, with five flights a week.
Regarding inter-island connections, capacity will be similar to that of summer 2025, with additional services on routes with higher load factors. The United States and Canada will also see more connections.
SATA today launched the “Azores Mission” to prioritise boosting flights from the archipelago to the mainland in summer and to discontinue routes that “showed lower performance”, expecting to operate 800 weekly flights with origins and destinations in the region.
Home News Strengthening flight connection with Portugal archipelagos Strengthening flight connection with Portugal archipelagos SATA launched the “Azores Mission” to prioritise the reinforcement of flights from the archipelago to the mainland in the summer and discontinue routes that “performed l
easyJet views the planned privatisation of TAP as a strategic opening to expand its presence in Lisbon and across Portugal. With the airline operating 96 routes to and from Portuguese airports in 2025, easyJet could deepen low-cost connectivity, increase frequencies on key city-pairs and compete more directly with a newly structured national carrier. The shift promises greater competition, potential downward pressure on fares and improved network connectivity, but also raises questions about airport slot availability, regulatory oversight and how market dynamics will affect legacy and low-cost carriers alike.
The Association of Municipalities regards it as an important step for 'the sustainable development of our island'. Airport expansion is a long-standing ambition, and Grupo Aeroporto do Pico reports operational difficulties.
Canadian airline WestJet is set to strengthen air links between Portugal and Canada this year, with two new direct routes launching from Lisbon and Ponta Delgada. The first connection, linking The post WestJet launches direct flights between Portugal and Canada appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Home News Airport expansion in Portugal Airport expansion in Portugal The Government intends to establish a working group to analyse the future expansion of Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto.
The carrier aims to increase its maintenance self-sufficiency and rely less on external services. The hangar will take two years to build. Porto will gain flights to Terceira, Praia and Tel Aviv and will strengthen the link to Boston.
The funding was provided to support TUI's operations between the Netherlands and the island of Pico, which carried out only 16 flights. The European Union is demanding repayment in full.
Ryanair carried 5% more passengers in 2025 compared with 2024.
Portuguese airline TAP has set a record by carrying over 2 million passengers on routes between Brazil and Portugal, indicating increased demand and strong traffic between the two countries.
Home News New Ryanair Portugal route being launched New Ryanair Portugal route being launched Ryanair has announced the opening of its new 2-aircraft base in Rabat from April ’26, with 20 exciting routes for summer 2026.
