TAP to increase prices for international flights, due to ‘green fuel’
TAP has admitted that it will start charging passengers “an environmental levy”, which will increase the price of tickets for international flights, from January. The objective is to cover “the
Hamsters ‘running amok’ ground TAP plane in Azores
Airbus 320 ‘stranded’ as 132 hamsters have to be recaptured A TAP Airbus 320 was unable to take off from Ponta Delgada airport in the Azores for four days because of
Bragança-Algarve air link to be resumed before Christmas
Air link was suspended in September due to a government debt The Portuguese government has guaranteed that the Portimão-Bragança air link will be reinstated before Christmas. So said the Minister
Azores gears up for yet more tourism, with new flights from Switzerland
The regional government of Portugal’s Azores Islands said on Wednesday that the expansion of flights between the region and Switzerland strengthens the archipelago’s connectivity with Europe and is “a major
United Airlines links Faro to Newark/New York in May 2025
The first direct air link between the Algarve and the United States of America will launch in May 2025 United Airlines has announced that the direct flights between Faro in
Ryanair delighted as ‘hand luggage charges fine’ annulled
Low cost airline Ryanair has been delighted by the admission that the recent fine (and ruling) of Braga Civil Court, over prices charged for hand luggage, has been annulled on
Sevenair pulls plug on Bragança-Portimão air link
The Sevenair Group stopped operating the Portimão-Bragança air link on Monday (September 30) due to the non-payment of the service by the State, which has a total debt of €3.8
Ryanair condemned for charging additional fees for cabin bags
Braga court says it is illegal for Ryanair to charge passengers for cabin bags In what the media in Portugal is calling an “unprecedented decision”, low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has
TAP will shrink if Lufthansa buys it, warns Ryanair boss
Germans good at “extracting maximum price from people”, says Eddie Wilson Ryanair CEO, Eddie Wilson has warned that every airline that Lufthansa buys will be smaller in a few years
Lufthansa wants 20% stake in TAP
The government met yesterday with Germna airline Lufthansa’s executive president Carsten Spohr who is “interested in buying 20% of TAP”. The meeting, involving finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento and Infrastructures