Civil Protection rejects plan for Montijo airport, due to elevated risks
ANEPC, the national civil protection authority, has given the thumbs-down to the government’s project for a new airport terminal in Montijo on the basis that the site is ‘too susceptible
Minister bemoans rising backlash to Montijo airport
Portugal’s Minister for Infrastructure and Housing had harsh words to say to opponents trying to scupper plans to build a new secondary international airport on the south bank of Lisbon’s
New body-blow to government plans to change law to start building airport at Montijo
The government has suffered a new body blow in its determination to press ahead – against the advice and opinions of engineers, scientists, conservationists and civic groups – for a
Law change mooted as government discovers Civil Aviation authority cannot give Montijo airport green-light
The government’s insistence on pushing ahead with a controversial new passenger airport south of Lisbon at Montijo will now involve changing the law so that civil aviation authority ANAC can
Thousands of Dutch sign new petition against Montijo airport
Thousands of Dutch citizens have signed their names to a new petition calling for the Portuguese government to pull back from its “ecologically disastrous” plan for an airport at Montijo.
Montijo Airport: Airlines to foot the bill for €4.5 levy to be charged on every flight
A €4.5 levy will be charged on every departing or arriving flight at the Montijo airbase which is to be turned into Lisbon’s second airport. This measure will replace the
Conservationists lodge formal complaint against Portuguese State over decision to press ahead with 2nd Lisbon airport in Montijo
The government’s insistence on pushing ahead with the construction Lisbon’s 2nd (long-awaited) passenger terminal in Montijo – despite all the glaring arguments against – has seen bird protection society SPEA
“No time or money” to investigate alternatives to Montijo as Lisbon’s second airport
There is no time or money to investigate alternative to the option of Montijo airbase as Lisbon’s second airport. Minister for Planning and Infrastructures Pedro Nuno Santos gave this reason
Montijo airport’s €48 million ‘compensation package’ too much to decide in time-limit
The €48 million compensation package demanded by APA (Portugal’s environment agency) for approval of the plan for a second Lisbon airport at Montijo is ‘too much to decide in the
Montijo gets airport ‘go-ahead’ conditional on €48 million pay-out
Montijo airport has won the authorisation it needs to transform into Lisbon’s No 2 passenger terminal. APA, the Portuguese environment agency, has finally given the controversial project the green light,