New Airport

The Portuguese government has reacted to a report from the company that runs the country’s 10 airports, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, on the construction works for Lisbon’s new Luís de [...]

The amount of public money the Portuguese government is prepared to plough into the new Lisbon international airport at Alcochete exceeds the maximum amount stipulated by the European Union. EU [...]

Extension and improvement works at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado International Airport are scheduled to start in October. This is according to the Minister of Infrastructures and Housing, Miguel [...]

A survey carried out by Intercampus shows that 45% of those canvassed think that the site chosen for Lisbon’s new international airport at Alcochete is the best option. And although not an [...]

Portugal’s Ministry of Infrastructures has begun taking steps with the airports management concession holder ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal to speed up the process to build the future new [...]

The government’s decision to build a new Lisbon international airport at Alcochete has been made official today after a Council of Ministers resolution was formally published in the State [...]

Portugal’s Confederation of Tourism says Portugal has lost over €2Bn because of a lack of airport capacity at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado International Airport. Forbes reports that the Confederação [...]

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 [...]

Alcochete and Vendas Novas are the two preferred options for the new Lisbon international airport but the Independent Technical Commission has added Santarém as a possible option. The Independent [...]

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 [...]