Airports

Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz stated on Tuesday that the chaotic situation at some of Portugal’s airports – namely Lisbon and Faro – has been brought under [...]

The European Commission announced on Thursday that it was to make 25 Frontex agents and €8 million available to ease the current intolerable situation at Portugal’s border controls because of the [...]

The CEO of Portuguese airline TAP says the European Entry/Exit System poses one of the greatest challenges to the company’s operation at Portugal’s airports and could lead to failures to keep [...]

Portugal’s Secretary of State for Infrastructures, Hugo Espírito Santo said that the huge queues affecting Lisbon airport and some other airports in Europe is a European problem and not just [...]

It’s a disaster! After Ryanair’s decision to suspend flights to and from the Azores there has already been a 25,000 drop in passenger numbers. The Irish low-cost airline decided to abandon [...]

Computer glitches to Lisbon airport’s electronic digital border controls happened again this week as Portugal gears up to receive millions of holiday-makers for the summer season. [...]

Border control at Porto airport recorded waiting times exceeding two hours, admitted the Public Security Police (PSP), which nevertheless has rejected reports of six-hour waits. The PSP stated [...]

After a surprise lightning visit to Lisbon airport in December, a European Commission inspection team discovered 14 serious security failings covering human resources, equipment, and even checks [...]

On March 19 the Spanish company Clece/South was to takeover baggage handling operations from UK firm Menzies at Lisbon, Porto and Faro airports. But airlines and airport managers are worried that [...]

Portugal’s Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, made clear this week that the part-privatisation of State airline TAP will not go ahead if the airline group that wins the bid fails to invest in all [...]