The aviation regulator has issued SPdH, the former Groundforce now wholly owned by Menzies, the tendered ground handling licences at Portugal's three busiest airports. What they cover, how the tender unfolded, and what it means for passengers.
A ministers' letter answering ANA's July report says the duty to provide land for the Luís de Camões airport does not make the state liable for expropriations, and clean-up costs are up for negotiation. ANA disagrees.
SATA Handling staff strike from 07:30 to 10:30 Azores time each day until 27 October, then 16:00 to 19:00 to 3 November. An arbitration ruling fixed minimum services: SATA lists the Corvo and Flores flights it will run, and lets passengers rebook outside the strike hours at no charge.
Portuguese airports handled 7.9 million passengers in August, up 2.0 percent, INE says. Porto grew 7.1 percent over eight months against 0.8 percent at Lisbon, and Spain overtook France as the second country of origin and destination.
SITAVA and SINTAC have called mornings off from 21 to 27 October and late afternoons from 28 October to 3 November. They say Brussels never required the regional government to sell all of the ground handling business.
The SNPVAC union says 80 percent of flights from Lisbon, Porto and Faro are off until Tuesday. easyJet expects to fly 55 percent of its schedule using crews from other bases. What passengers on cancelled flights are owed.
A letter from the Finance and Infrastructure ministries asks ANA to explain the single-terminal design, test several demand scenarios, prove the runways suit the A380 and look for ways to open the Luís de Camões airport earlier than 2037.
