Portugal’s national carrier TAP has accepted to abandon around a dozen flight slots at Lisbon international airport. It has done so at the insistence of the government in order to meet new [...]
The International ratings agency Standard & Poor has warned this week that Portugal’s airline is running the risk of running out of cash with which to operate its flights. But while the [...]
The United States has once again put Portugal on its list of countries to where it is inadvisable to travel. It has placed Portugal on the “very high risk” category because of the rising numbers [...]
In the wake of a two-day strike by the staff at baggage handlers Groundforce, ANA, the company that manages Portugal’s airports, has said it will revoke the company’s licence because it owes [...]
A strike by 81.2% of Groundforce baggage handlers who say they have not received their summer bonus salary caused mayhem at Portugal’s largest airport over the weekend. Over 650 flights to [...]
The British Government had good news for UK holidaymakers wanting to head off to the Algarve sun this summer. Quarantine will no longer be required for Brits taking holidays in Portugal, [...]
Germany has once again put Portugal on its green list of safe countries to travel to without requiring mandatory quarantine measures on return. The German authorities had removed Portugal’s safe [...]
Air France is to increase the number of seats to Portugal this summer by around 25% on 2019. It will do the same for Greece, Spain and Italy as priority leisure destinations for the airline in [...]
The baggage handling company Swissport has been in Lisbon to negotiate a possible buyout of Groundforce. Millionaire Alfredo Casimiro who owns a significant share in the Portuguese baggage [...]
Portuguese airlineTAP has a new chairman and it is not Miguel Frasquilho as had been expected. According to ECO online the new chairman of the board will be Manuel Beja (pictured) who has a wide [...]
