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The government has issued a formal warning to ANA regarding outdated passenger forecasts for the new airport, expressing concerns that the infrastructure will be undersized upon completion.
Data reveals that less than 18% of flights operating during the restricted midnight to 6:00 AM window at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport between 2023 and 2025 met the required 'force majeure' criteria.
TAP Air Portugal has launched a new air link between Lisbon and São Luís, the capital of Maranhão in Northeast Brazil, operating twice weekly. The route, which began on Monday, October 26, expands the Portuguese airline's presence in Brazil and improves access for European passengers to tourist destinations like the Lençóis Maranhenses. Flights depart Lisbon on Mondays and Thursdays at 19:05, arriving in São Luís at 00:10 local time the following day. Return flights leave the Maranhão capital on Tuesdays and Fridays at 01:40, with a stopover in Fortaleza before arriving in Lisbon at 14:50. The route uses Airbus A321LR aircraft, and the expansion coincides with the opening of the Vila Galé Collection Ópera São Luís hotel, attended by group chairman Jorge Rebelo de Almeida. TAP now connects 15 Brazilian cities to Portugal, with the company currently facing discussions regarding privatisation and its impact on Brazil-Portugal routes, while maintaining that demand for new services is in line with expectations.
The Portuguese Air Navigation service provider is allocating 5.4 million euros for the construction of a new air traffic control tower at Cascais Aerodrome.
The company explains that the service has been interrupted since Wednesday and guarantees that it is making efforts to restore the vehicle transport service as soon as possible.
NAV Portugal has officially opened its first next-generation air traffic control tower located in Cascais.
In this initial phase, all taxi drivers will have access to the Lisbon Airport taxi rank and will be able to apply the tariff, as the accreditation of cars and drivers is still pending.
The Brazilian airline's international expansion advances with direct flights between Brazil and Portugal, considered a gateway to Europe. GOL executives praise TAP's operations in Brazil, state they want to strengthen the partnership with the Portuguese airline, and assure they will not compete on price.
Two European giants submitted binding purchase proposals for TAP to Parpública this Wednesday and remain confident. They assure that they will grow the company, maintain and strengthen the Lisbon hub, and the maintenance division. The amounts offered for the company were not disclosed.
The executive summary covers the infrastructure's size, construction, accessibility, timeline, and financing.
When ANA released the first report on the new Lisbon airport, it stated that the initial capacity would be 45 million passengers. A year and a half later, the number has increased by 24% to 56 million. ECO understands that there was also a slight upward revision in traffic projections, but what explains...
Construction is expected to begin in 2029 and be completed by 2033.
ANA presented the technical project for the new airport this Wednesday, releasing the first preliminary images of the Luís de Camões airport. The new infrastructure, the largest planned for Western Europe in the coming years, will cost between 7.9 and 8.9 billion euros. “ANA delivered on July 16th, within the precise deadlines, the...
The document is expected to include the detailed construction planning, as well as the project timeline.
TAAG - Angola Airlines debuts the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on the Luanda-Lisbon route today, marking the first commercial operation of this model on the company's connections to Europe, the carrier announced in a statement.
The airline informs that tickets for the extraordinary flights will be available for purchase starting Wednesday.
