Baggage handlers call strike over festive season
Two strikes announced, for December 24 and 31 Workers at handling company Portway, which provides ground handling services at airports, have called a strike over the Christmas and New Year
Figo Maduro airport passes to ANA airports authority
Figo Maduro airport – the space used by the Air Force but essentially attached to Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado passenger terminal, is to lose its military dominion and pass to ANA,
Airports handle 4.5% more passengers in first eight months
August saw average daily landing in Portugal of 116,500 passengers The number of passengers handled at national airports increased by 4.5% until August, compared to the first eight months of
Airports manager investing €120 million in improvements/ expansions
ANA — Aeroportos de Portugal CEO Thierry Ligonnière said today that the company is investing €120 million in national airport infrastructure this year. Speaking on the opening day of the
Sour grapes as threatened airport disruption during handler’s strike did not materialise
Unions involved in last weekend’s handlers’ strike at Portugal’s airports claim adherence was 90%, minimised only by the use of temporary workers by Menzies (formerly Groundforce). Union leader Carlos Oliveira
Airport handling strike affecting weekend flights “must provide minimum services”
Minimum services do not include scheduled passenger flights The Arbitration Court has decreed minimum services for the strike in ground handling services at Portuguese airports called by STTAMP, the Portuguese
Contingency plan sets out to contain strike threatening Portuguese airports
Union warns two-day strike will cause ‘major disruption’ at all Portuguese airports With Sttamp, the Portuguese Transport Workers’ Union, predicting “major disruption” for all Portuguese airports due to the strike
Government increases pressure on ANA airports authority
Gives ANA 120 days to submit Lisbon airport upgrade plans The government has given the country’s airports manager, ANA, 120 days to present projects to fulfil specific development obligations at
Lisbon airport sees 34 million passengers in 2023
If there were ever a concrete argument for a new Lisbon international airport, the latest figures for passenger footfall at Humberto Delgado was it. Humberto Delgado airport will hit a
Airports authority fails to sound-proof homes
Noise pollution over Lisbon flightpaths “off the scale” ANA airports authority has not just failed in a pledge to start soundproofing over 500 homes and 23 ‘sensitive buildings’ over flightpaths