easyJet to add new aircraft to Faro base next summer
British airline easyJet has announced that it will add a new aircraft to its Faro base for the summer of 2022, creating an additional 30 direct jobs in the Algarve.
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
easyJet announces new route linking Faro and Nantes this winter
A new route connecting Faro and Nantes (France) will be launched on November 3 by easyJet, the British low-cost airline has announced. There will be two weekly flights on Wednesday
“Every day there are two or three tourists barred from return flights home”: what happens to them?
Portuguese State television RTP has been discovering what happens to the handful of tourists, of whatever nationality, who end up ‘testing positive for SARS-CoV-2’ as they prepare to fly home
Tourists ‘caught out’ by long queues for Covid tests at Faro airport
Advice this week for any holidaymakers preparing for homeward journeys is ‘leave plenty of time for those return Covid tests required.’ People who don’t take up the RTA (Algarve tourism
Strike by border guards threatens to “ruin Portugal’s summer”
A strike called by borders agency SEF is threatening to ruin Portugal’s summer. This is the interpretation of the recovering tourism sector as well as council chiefs in the Algarve.
Algarve tourism boss welcomes Brits arriving at Faro Airport
Brits arriving at Faro Airport on Monday (May 17) between 9am and 8pm will be warmly welcomed by members of the Algarve tourism board (RTA). The initiative aims to celebrate
3…2…1… Algarve braces for tomorrow’s tourist ‘invasion’
More than 7,000 holidaymakers are due to fly into the Algarve from midnight tonight. The ‘invasion’ will be made up principally of Britons (5,500) arriving on 17 flights into Faro
Civic movement calls for “metro-like” trains, railway link to Faro Airport and high-speed lines
A civic movement has come up with a strategy to improve the Algarve’s railway until 2050 by replacing current trains with new “metro-like” alternatives, building the long-awaited link to Faro
Faro Airport passenger numbers fell 98% between April and June
The devastating impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the air travel industry has now become even clearer. New data revealed by Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE) this week