Airport agony: Passengers miss flights amid EU system failures
For once, it is not just Portugal failing to get to grips with a ‘new system’ of border control that is causing endless snarl-ups at the nation’s airports: countries throughout
Menzies files injunction to stop Spanish consortium take over airport handling
Portugal’s airports – already in the public eye for all the wrong reasons – have a new potential upset on the horizon: a Spanish consortium has won the new tender
PM puts wind up owner of airports operator: “you can do more/ faster”
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has said today that Vinci – the owner of ANA, the Portuguese airports managing concessionaire, can do “more and faster”. Stressing that in ANA, Vinci has
ANA revenues soar to €10 billion since privatisation in 2012
Portugal’s airports management concession company ANA – a subsidiary of France’s VINCI Airports – enjoyed record revenues of around €1.4 billion in 2025, increasing the company’s accumulated revenues since privatisation
Portugal’s airports saw 72.5 million passengers in 2025, up 4.7%
Portugal’s airports saw a record 72.5 million passengers pass through them in 2025 (+4.7%), while Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport processed 36.1 million passengers, up 2.9% on 2024. According to data
Enough! EU border controls suspended for three months at Lisbon airport
After months of agonising queues at Lisbon airport (since the implementation of the EU’s new entry/ exit system at border control), Portugal’s government has taken the initiative: The European border
Airport strike called off after agreement with former Groundforce shareholders
A strike by former Groundforce workers, planned for New Year’s Eve, has been called off after agreements were reached with the company’s shareholders and validated by the government. The walkout,
Christmas chaos at Portugal’s airports? Government to come up with “contingency plan”
The government has no backup plan for possible Christmas and New Year chaos at Portugal’s airports. However, Portugal’s Minister for Internal Administration said last Friday in Parliament that the government
Minister makes rare appearance to say “yes… things have gone very badly” at country’s airports
The Minister of Internal Administration admitted today that the introduction of the new European border control system for non-EU citizens “have gone very badly” at Portuguese airports, but denied that
Airports’ ‘rigorous, state-of-art’ border controls may be shelved for Christmas
Portugal’s Internal Security System (SSI) “acknowledges that European border controls for non-EU citizens may be suspended during Christmas to avoid queues at airports”, trumpet reports today – following weeks and