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Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos Clear the Air Invictus Aerial Festival for 19-21 June — €7.5 Million Stack, €5.4 Million Public Anchor and a 1 Million-Visitor Read Frame the Douro Air-Race Calendar

The Air Invictus aerial festival opens its three-day run on 19 June 2026 across the four Greater Porto municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos, with the bulk of the flying programme staged over the Douro estuary between the...

ANA's May Passenger Tally Tops 7 Million as Vinci-Run Portuguese Airports Log a +3% Year-on-Year Lift

ANA's May Passenger Tally Tops 7 Million as Vinci-Run Portuguese Airports Log a +3% Year-on-Year Lift

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...

Wide-body airliner taxiing on the apron in front of an airport terminal — illustrative of EasyJet's fifth-anniversary Faro base milestone.

EasyJet Notches Five Years at the Faro Base With a +3% Summer Capacity Lift to 1.7 Million Seats Across 18 Routes — €8 Billion Algarve Economic Print Since the 2021 Launch Frames the Five-Aircraft Step-Up

EasyJet has marked the fifth anniversary of its Faro Airport base with a 3% summer capacity lift to 1.7 million seats, 18 routes and five Airbus A320 family aircraft on the ramp. The carrier has counted €8 billion of regional economic contribution since the 2021 launch.

European Union flags at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels

Brussels Inks the EU261 Air Passenger Rights Overhaul After 12 Years of Deadlock — €250/€400/€600 Compensation Grid Holds at the 3-Hour Threshold, Cabin-Baggage Carve-Out and 96-Hour Claim Window Reset the TAP, Ryanair and easyJet Operating Read

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.

Confederação do Turismo Calls the Lisbon Airport Fix Incomplete — Francisco Calheiros Pushes Full TAP Privatisation, SATA Inclusion and a Tourism-Strategy Reveal as the Azores Book an 8% Demand Drop on the Ryanair Exit

Confederação do Turismo Calls the Lisbon Airport Fix Incomplete — Francisco Calheiros Pushes Full TAP Privatisation, SATA Inclusion and a Tourism-Strategy Reveal as the Azores Book an 8% Demand Drop on the Ryanair Exit

The Confederação do Turismo de Portugal (Tourism Confederation of Portugal — CTP) does not buy the line that the Aeroporto Humberto Delgado has been fixed. Speaking on Antena 1 and Jornal de Negócios' Conversa Capital on 13 June 2026, CTP president...