Faro to boast 86 routes to 75 destinations this summer
Faro airport will boast 86 routes to 75 destinations from the summer, including direct flights to New York, Helsinki and Reykjavik, ANA – the country’s airports operator has told Lusa today.
The reinforcement of air connections from what is officially called Gago Coutinho airport (but everyone still calls it ‘Faro’) includes routes to three new markets: the United States (New York) via United Airlines from May, Finland (Helsinki) operated by Finnair and Iceland (Reykjavik) via Play, Iceland’s new low cost airline.
With these new additions, the Algarve’s connectivity now extends to 22 international markets.
This summer an average of 821 weekly flights is expected – an increase of 8% in the average number of weekly flights compared to last summer, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, the national airport management company has said in a statement.
Connectivity to the main hubs will total 147 weekly flights to London (UK), 51 to Dublin (Ireland), 30 to Paris (France), 27 to Lisbon, 22 to Amsterdam (Netherlands) and 17 to Frankfurt (Germany).
To support the growth in traffic, ANA is implementing a programme of investments in infrastructure and technology, covering all airports under its management, it says. At Faro, the work to replace the roof, which is still underway, corresponds to a total investment of around €17.3 million.
“In order to increase the passenger processing area at the arrival border control, a new disembarkation area has been created for passengers whose origin requires border control to enter the Schengen area,” ANA adds.
In 2024, ANA saw record growth in traffic at all its airports, with almost 70 million passengers – an increase of 4.3% on the previous year.
In the case of Faro, the airport registered 9.8 million passengers in 2024, an increase of 2%.
The winter season was also ‘record breaking’, up 6% on flights during the winter of 2023.
Source: LUSA
