New Airport

The leader of an independent commission looking into the various sites for the location of Lisbon’s new international airport, says whichever company buys public airline TAP will influence the [...]

A Portuguese commission hired to study the technical and scientific viability options for expanding Lisbon’s airport capacity has announced nine possible choices for Lisbon’s new International [...]

The mayors of Porto and Lisbon have slammed Portugal’s state-owned airline as a “total embarrassment and disaster” in the fiercest criticism lain at the door of the airline’s administration ever. [...]

The Regional Council for the Centre (CHR) says that Lisbon’s new international airport should be built north of the River Tejo because that would best serve the interests of the country and the [...]

Portugal’s Minister of the Economy, António Costa Silva has suggested that the IAG group which has British Airways/Iberia/Air Lingus could be the buyer for TAP. However, there are those who [...]

An independent technical commission which has begun working on studying various locations for Lisbon’s new international airport has admitted it may reject some of the options put forward by the [...]

The government has given the go-ahead for a strategic environmental impact study to support the best location for Lisbon’s new international airport. The measure was approved on Thursday by the [...]

“I don’t care where the new airport is – just take a decision!” The Chairman of Azores airline SATA called on the government to hurry up and choose a location for Lisbon’s new international [...]

Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa says he is close to reaching an agreement with the main opposition party PSD on the ‘methodology’ to follow to select the location of Lisbon’s new [...]

Lisbon’s new International airport could be built near the Gothic medieval city of Santarém rather than in either Alcochete or Montijo. This is according to a new investment proposal welcomed by [...]