Flights cancellations “are more than those publicised”
“Majority are TAP flights, but up till now company has not published total number” The true number of cancelled flights at Lisbon airport over the last few days is higher
EU approves €453m SATA lifeline
The European Commission has approved a State capital injection of €453.25 million for the Azores airline SATA. The cash for SATA Air Açores is to be used to finance a
Manchester-Faro flight diverted due to rowdy football fans
Rangers FC fans were on their way to Seville for Europa League final. A flight linking Manchester in the UK to Faro in the tourist region of Algarve in Portugal
Ryanair suffers new setback
Portugal’s Court of Appeal rules employee’s sacking was illegal: all salaries must be paid, with interest Low-cost airline Ryanair has suffered a new setback in the Portuguese courts. Portugal’s Court
Ryanair “sticks to its threat” and cuts 5,000 flights, 19 routes in Lisbon and 150 ‘well-paid jobs’
Ryanair has apparently made good on its recent ‘threat’ to cut flights and routes in and out of Lisbon unless the government ceded slots held by TAP by March 4.
Dozen airlines fined for transporting passengers without required Covid paperwork
TAP, EasyJet, Emirates Airlines, British Airways, Ryanair and others have all fallen foul of the Portuguese government’s new ‘get tough measures’ against airlines transporting passengers without the required Covid paperwork.
Portugal’s latest stance on flights into country “makes no sense” complain airlines
RENA – the association of airline companies in Portugal – does not agree with the measures proposed by the government yesterday to control this latest phase of the pandemic. It
Two people unharmed after plane makes emergency landing in Santo Tirso
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on an agricultural plot of land in Água Longa, Santo Tirso, in the north of Portugal this morning. Two people
Ryanair extends Faro-Newcastle route to winter
Ryanair has announced that its Faro-Newcastle route will continue throughout the winter season, operating two weekly flights from November. “As vaccination rollout programmes continue in the coming months and Europe’s
Portugal’s State support for TAP is “taxpayers money thrown down toilet”, blasts Ryanair president
Ryanair president Michael O’Leary has launched a characteristic salvo of criticism today at Portugal’s ‘masterplan’ for supporting flagship airline TAP – to the tune of €1.2 billion – through the