Latest news and stories about airports in Lisboa, Portugal for expats and residents.
Luís Neves addresses the 70% surge in airport passenger numbers, citing resource shortages and technological limitations, while announcing the addition of manual control booths and e-gates in Lisbon to mitigate summer travel delays.
Portugal's aviation sector is currently grappling with significant operational challenges, leading to widespread flight delays and passenger inconvenience across major airport hubs.
The manager highlighted that national airports have recorded “a much more fluid operation during the summer”.
Starting this Monday, more than 360 police officers are reinforcing Portuguese airports as part of a measure to increase the PSP's capacity for passenger control and to avoid the queues seen in recent times. These 367 officers, who are part of the PSP's National Unit for Foreigners and Borders (UNEF), finished their training on Friday.
Portuguese airports lost ground in the 2026 edition of the AirHelp ranking, with Humberto Delgado appearing among the worst in the world. Francisco Sá Carneiro was the only one to rise. In another ranking, by Skytraxx, both Lisbon and Porto fell a few places. The capital's infrastructure appears in 274th place...
Portugal has triggered the legal mechanism with European institutions that allows for the suspension of biometric data collection at airports in situations of significant delays at border control.
More than half of the 570 new PSP police officers who finished their training course today will be deployed to Portuguese airports, totaling 360, with the remainder assigned to the Lisbon Metropolitan Command.
More than half of the 570 new PSP police officers finishing their training course this Thursday will be stationed at Portuguese airports, totaling 360, with the remainder assigned to the Lisbon Metropolitan Command. The 21st agent training course concludes with the oath of honour ceremony at the Practical School.
