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.
How to register with ANAC, take the free A1/A3 pilot exam, insure a drone over 900 grams, and get AAN permission to film from the air.
Flight delays, cancellations, denied boarding, EU261 compensation of 250 to 600 euros, and how to claim through the aviation regulator ANAC.
The ANA Aeroportos de Portugal network handled more than seven million passengers in May 2026, sustaining a +3% year-on-year rise that left the operator running roughly four points ahead of the broader Vinci Airports group, parent Vinci Airports...
EU Parliament and Council seal provisional EU261 air passenger rights revision after 12 years. 3-hour compensation trigger held at €250/€400/€600, cabin baggage rule, 96-hour electronic claim notice. Applies mid-2027.
AirAdvisor reads out €53 million in compensation owed to passengers on Portuguese-departing flights for January-May 2026 — 4.5 million travellers disrupted, 130,000 holding Regulation 261/2004 entitlements. Storm Kristin's extraordinary-circumstances carve-out trims the bill below 2025.
A reform of Portugal's civil-aviation contraordenação regime reset on Friday 23 May 2026 lifts the headline-fine ceiling that the Autoridade Nacional da Aviação Civil (ANAC) can apply to large airlines for a light infringement from €3,000 to €65,000...
