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Lufthansa Technik Clears the Environmental Hurdle for Its €309 Million Engine-and-Component MRO Plant in Santa Maria da Feira — Construction Starts in Summer 2026 With 526 Jobs Targeted by 2030 and First Production Slated for 2028

Lufthansa Technik Clears the Environmental Hurdle for Its €309 Million Engine-and-Component MRO Plant in Santa Maria da Feira — Construction Starts in Summer 2026 With 526 Jobs Targeted by 2030 and First Production Slated for 2028

Lufthansa Technik's €309 million MRO factory at Lusopark in Santa Maria da Feira has obtained Portugal's environmental impact statement. Construction starts this summer with 526 jobs targeted by 2030, a 30-tonnes-a-day component throughput, and first production scheduled for 2028.
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Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair has formally asked Portugal to suspend the EU's biometric Entry-Exit System until after summer, citing one-to-two-hour queues at Faro, Porto and Funchal three weeks after launch. Greece has already exercised the EU's 90-day suspension carve-out.
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