Airport Charges at Porto and Faro Will Rise Almost 3.9 Percent in January, Five Times Lisbon's Increase, After Inflation Tops ANA's Forecast

The regulated charges that airlines pay to use Portugal's ANA airports will rise from 1 January 2027 by more than the airport operator first proposed, after a slightly higher inflation figure fed into the formula. Porto and Faro take the biggest increases, of 3.85 and 3.87 percent, or about 35 cents per passenger. Lisbon rises 0.75 percent (12 cents), and charges at the Azores and Madeira airports do not change.

The figures are in a decision of ANA's executive committee dated 2 November 2026 (in Portuguese), published on ANA's website with the full 2027 tables. ECO reported the increases on Tuesday, citing Jornal de Negócios.

What changes, airport by airport

ANA, owned by the French group VINCI, holds the concession for the mainland airports (Lisbon, Porto, Faro and the Beja civil terminal), four airports in the Azores and the two in Madeira. Across the network, its regulated charges (taxas reguladas, the fees the regulator oversees) go up by an average of 1.55 percent, or 19 cents per passenger:

• Faro: 3.87 percent (+0.35 euros)
• Porto: 3.85 percent (+0.35 euros)
• Lisbon: 0.75 percent (+0.12 euros)
• Beja: 0.72 percent
• Azores and Madeira: no change

That average does not yet include a further adjustment at the Lisbon group of airports (which, in the concession, also takes in Beja and the Azores and Madeira airports): ANA will recover 2,893,690 euros of 2025 revenue that fell short of what the concession allowed.

Why inflation drives it

The concession contract caps how much regulated revenue ANA may earn per passenger and indexes that cap to the EU's harmonised consumer price index (HICP). ANA opened its consultation with airlines on 31 August assuming HICP of 2.6 percent. When Eurostat's August figure came in at 2.7 percent, ANA recalculated every airport's tariff. At Porto and Faro, charges follow the HICP under an earlier ruling of the regulator, ANAC, apart from the security and reduced mobility charges, which are set from their own costs. According to ECO, the result is higher than both ANA's August proposal and the rises applied in 2026, which were 0.65 percent in Lisbon and 2.40 percent at Porto and Faro, as ECO reported when ANAC approved them in December 2025.

What it means for you

Airlines pay these charges to ANA, mostly per departing passenger. In the 2027 tables, the passenger service charge per departing passenger is 15.90 euros in Lisbon for a Schengen flight and 27.16 euros outside Schengen; 9.51 and 17.99 euros at Porto; and at Faro from 8.47 euros in winter to 9.51 euros between May and September for Schengen trips. On top come a network-wide security charge of 2.03 euros and a 1.11 euro charge for assistance to passengers with reduced mobility; the first is set by the government and the second needs ANAC's approval.

ANA also wants to merge its boarding gate and check-in system fees into a single boarding support charge, bring back noise-based landing charges at every airport (ANAC turned down a noise and CO2 version for 2026) and bill aircraft parking differently. These changes are meant to be revenue-neutral and need ANAC's approval. ECO says the 2027 increases also remain subject to the regulator.

The charges come as ANA and the state work through the terms of Lisbon's new airport; the government recently told ANA the state need not pay for land expropriations there. Porto has also been growing faster than Lisbon: Porto grew 7.1 percent to August, Lisbon 0.8.