Aviation

The US’s Delta Air Lines has never seen so much demand for flights to Portugal according to its sales director for Europe. Delta, one of the largest in the world, has put on more flights to [...]

The President of Portuguese national carrier TAP Air Portugal Luís Rodrigues was sent away with a flea in his ear by the government after telling the Financial Times that he would prefer the [...]

Portugal’s government announced this week that it has selected a former army shooting range site at Alcochete on the South bank of the River Tagus, some 45km from Lisbon, as the location for the [...]

The first quarter of 2024 may not be as good as expected for Portuguese airline TAP in comparison to one of its potential buyers, International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), which released [...]

TAP posted a record net profit of €177.3 million — the highest profit ever registered by the company. Profits were up €111.7 million on 2022 when the company posted €65.6 million; its first [...]

The company that manages Portugal’s airports, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, says that the arguments from the Portuguese environment agency APA not to extend an environmental impact [...]

Former TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener has accused Finance Minister Fernando Medina of blackmail and of sacking her for political reasons — statements that were contradicted yesterday by [...]

Hot headed Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said this week that the Portuguese government needed to pull its finger out and get on with building the new Lisbon airport at Montijo. Announcing 14 new [...]

Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer Jason McGuinness has dismissed any idea that Lisbon’s new airport could become an international hub as “ridiculous”. According to an exclusive from the online [...]

Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport has reached a new passenger record of 33 million. However, according to a report by the television channel TVI, the airport will only reach its maximum capacity [...]