Infraestruturas de Portugal will reopen the stretch between Mouriscas-A and Vila Velha de Rodao, restoring Regional and Intercidades services along all 240 kilometres. The repair cost 3.4 million euros and used 5,500 cubic metres of rockfill on 120 metres of track.
Fuel costs rose 29 percent across the group. Azores Airlines flew 7.7 percent fewer flights and cancelled 249 of them, at an estimated cost of four million euros. SATA Air Acores cut its loss to 2.1 million, and SATA Handling reported 2.2 million in its first split-out accounts.
The provisional report counts 56,586 hectares burnt to 15 August, a fall of 74.7 percent. Carlos Trindade of the Pyrocene Alliance says a moderate Daily Severity Rating explains it, and warns that a strong El Nino could carry the critical period into November.
Stichting WIE International filed on Wednesday, arguing the dynamic pay system breaches article 22 of the GDPR. Its research puts Uber's average commission at about 29 percent. Portugal's parliament capped the platform share at 25 percent nine days ago.
A Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos study sizes the sector at 1.7 percent of GDP and 7.8 percent of exports, with 87 percent of the turnover in the north. Its seven case studies find Portuguese mills, not their customers, developing the new materials and processes.
