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Joao Paulo II Airport at Ponta Delgada in the Azores seen from a hillside, aircraft parked along the low terminal building with the runway and the Atlantic beyond.

An Azorean Student Pays at Most 89 Euros to Fly to the Mainland, and the Socialists Want the Rest of the Journey Off the Tax Bill

Francisco Cesar told the regional Socialist Youth congress in Horta on Sunday that flights should count as an education expense for IRS, and announced a regional accommodation supplement for students who study off their own island.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

An aerial view of Lisbon showing the runways of Humberto Delgado Airport running through the city, the Tagus estuary, the Vasco da Gama bridge and the Montijo airfield on the far bank.

Portugal Ratified the EU's Open-Skies Agreements With Ukraine and Armenia, and the Ukrainian Sky They Cover Has Been Shut to Civil Aircraft Since 2022

Two one-page decrees in Friday's gazette carry 103 pages of treaty text between them. The Ukraine deal opens in three stages and ends with EU carriers flying inside Ukraine, but EASA still advises operators to stay out of the airspace until 2027.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

The terminal frontage and forecourt of Ponta Delgada Joao Paulo II airport on Sao Miguel, with parked cars and the ANA sign along the roofline

Ponta Delgada's Chamber of Commerce Asks the Competition Regulator Why Lisbon to the Azores Costs More Than Cabo Verde to the Azores

Two hours from Lisbon can pass 500 euros return. Four hours from Praia sits near 218. The chamber stops short of alleging collusion and asks for an in-depth look at capacity management.

The Portugal Brief 12 Sep 2026

A red and silver Metro de Lisboa train arriving at the platform at Alameda station, with passengers waiting along the tiled platform edge

Portugal's Trains Carried 3.7 Million More Passengers This Spring While the Lisbon Metro Shed Its Third Quarter in a Row

INE's second-quarter transport figures put rail up 6.2 percent and interurban journeys up 15.6 percent, while Metro de Lisboa fell 4.4 percent and Metro do Porto rose 4.8 percent. Domestic air traffic shrank 3.9 percent as international grew.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

The white control tower of Cascais Airport at Tires rising above low terminal buildings and scrubland, under a blue sky with scattered cloud

A Shotgun Aboard a Falcon 7X at Tires Left the 95-Year-Old Who Ran Formula One in PSP Custody

Bernie Ecclestone was stopped by the PSP Airport Division on landing at the Cascais aerodrome on Monday. It is not yet known whether he will face a judge or be made an arguido, and the PSP has said nothing publicly.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

Passengers queueing between retractable barriers in a terminal at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, with a uniformed security officer standing beside the line

The Six-Hour Valve at Europe's Biometric Border Expired on Sunday, and It Only Lasted That Long Because the Rollout Missed Its Own Biometric Threshold

Article 7(3) of Regulation 2025/1534 let a state drop fingerprints for six hours at one crossing point when queues grew. It lapsed on 6 September. Ryanair wants it back to April 2027, and Portugal signed a letter asking for the same thing in July.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

Aerial view of Samora Correia in the Leziria do Tejo, the town and its belt of white warehouse roofs, dark woodland behind it and irrigated fields stretching to the right.

Benavente Zones 32 Hectares for Business Beside the Future Airport, and Sets a 2028 Deadline After Which the Land Turns Back Into Farmland

The firing range that becomes the Aeroporto Luis de Camoes lies mostly inside Benavente, not Alcochete. The council has zoned a business park there, projects more than 100 million euros of turnover per mandate, and set a clause returning the land to farmland if nothing is built by 2028.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

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