New Airport

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 [...]

A final decision on the site and starting date for works on Lisbon’s new international airport is at least a year away. This is because it will take a year to complete a new environmental impact [...]

The leader of the opposition PSD party has thrown the decision over the site and future of Lisbon’s new international airport back into the government’s court. Luís Montenegro says that [...]

The CEO of Portuguese airline TAP, Christine Ourmières-Widener said that it is crucial that the government reaches a decision about the site of a new international airport for the Lisbon region. [...]