Air France-KLM's CEO Benjamin Smith says the Israel-Iran war does not change the value of the group's TAP offer, even as the airline posts a €287M Q1 loss and lifts its 2026 fuel bill by $2.4B.
Ryanair has formally asked Portugal to suspend the EU's biometric Entry-Exit System until after summer, citing one-to-two-hour queues at Faro, Porto and Funchal three weeks after launch. Greece has already exercised the EU's 90-day suspension carve-out.
CTT shareholders elected former CFO Guy Pacheco as Chief Executive Officer on Thursday, ending João Bento's near-seven-year tenure. The 48-year-old economist inherits an Iberian-leadership strategy and a board reshaped by Manuel Champalimaud's 35%-plus shareholder bloc.
Statistics Portugal's flash estimates for Q1 GDP and April CPI, published Thursday, point to a stalling economy and reaccelerating prices. Quarterly growth is zero, year-on-year growth holds at 2.3%, and headline inflation lifts to 3.4% on the back of an 11.7% energy contribution.
Ministry of the Presidency tells parliament the Via Verde fast-track work-visa channel has logged 6,080 requests / 4,042 approvals from 32 nationalities through 38 consular posts in 29 countries — agriculture captures 66% of the cleared cases.
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Prime Minister Luís Montenegro presides over Thursday's Council of Ministers from the Ovibeja agricultural fair in Beja — the first session of a new monthly decentralised format. The day opens with a Delta Cafés production line in Campo Maior; the Cabinet sits at 14:30 inside the fairgrounds.
