Aviation

The airline three groups running for the purchase of Portuguese airline TAP must present non-binding proposals by April 2 but they want guarantees on their side, especially regarding the value [...]

The airline group SATA’s public transport air service between mainland Portugal and the islands of the Azores – subsidised for local residents – is losing around €12 million per [...]

A former CEO of TAP Air Portugal says that customs taxes and tariffs have caused more disruptions for airlines than the global conflicts over the past year. Brazilian executive Antonoaldo Neves, [...]

The former CEO of TAP, Christine Ourmières Widener was dismissed from her job because former Prime Minister, António Costa’s “political survival” was at stake she alleges. She has used the phone [...]

The number of passengers passing through Portugal’s airports was up 5% in November like-for-like on 2024 to 5 million. This is according to Portugal’s National Statistics Institute (INE) which [...]

The European Commission has officially postponed a restructuring plan for airline SATA to the end of 2026. Upon Portugal’s request, the Commission agreed to an extension until December 31 [...]

Ryanair will slash all six of its routes to and from the Azores from the end of March next year, which will affect about 400,000 fliers per year. This will represent a cut of around 22% in [...]

Portugal’s government has suspended its relatively new Entry Exit System at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado International Airport for three months in use. The government has acknowledged the chaos and [...]

Unions representing SPdH/Menzies workers (formerly Groundforce) have called off a strike scheduled for December 31 after signing government-backed agreements with the company’s shareholders. In a [...]

TAP will start flying between Porto and Terceira in the Azores from March 29 next year with four flights per week. (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) The flights will be carried out using [...]