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An Azores Airlines Airbus A321neo on the apron at Ponta Delgada at dusk, passengers boarding by airstairs with ground crew and handling equipment around it

Eleven Buyers Registered Interest in the Azores' Airport Ground Arm, Three More Than for the Airline It Serves

SATA Holding said on Tuesday that 11 parties met the 14 September deadline to bid for all of SATA Handling. Azores Airlines, on sale in a separate process, drew eight. Both are conditions of the EU-approved restructuring plan.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

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

Small commercial fishing boats tied up along the quay at Ponta Delgada harbour in the Azores, with cranes and a coaster behind them

The Azores Set Aside 6.54 Million Euros for Boats That Lost Fishing Ground to the Marine Park, Spread Across Three Budget Years to 2028

The Regional Government Council approved the compensation mechanism on Thursday. It is aimed at owners and operators working inside a protected network that now covers 287,000 square kilometres, and it runs alongside a national envelope of up to 10 million euros.

The Portugal Brief 12 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

The Azorean Legislative Assembly building at Horta on Faial, its glass dome rising above a low concrete facade

Two Braille Ballot Templates per Polling Station: the Azores Electoral Law Changes on Friday, and an Unbalanced Candidate List Now Falls Whole

Lei Orgânica n.º 3/2026 gives every Azorean polling station at least two braille templates, trains the tables to handle them, and rejects an entire candidate list that misses the 40 percent parity floor and is not corrected.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

Steam rising from fumaroles beside a wooden boardwalk at Lagoa das Furnas on São Miguel, with earth mounds used for cooking pits in the foreground.

A Magnitude 2.9 Four Kilometres From Furnas Adds a São Miguel Volcano to the Azores Alert List, and the Warning Expires in Eight Days

CIVISA raised the Furnas volcano to alert level V1 on Tuesday evening after a swarm that began at 11:47 and produced a magnitude 2.9 felt at intensity V in the village. Four volcanic systems on three islands are now at V1, and only this one has an expiry date.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

An Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, feeding on a white umbellifer flower, with its dark body, single orange abdominal band and yellow leg tips visible.

The Azores Have Twelve Months and 49,995 Euros to Erase an Asian Hornet That Mainland Portugal Has Been Living With Since 2011

A nest at Areias de Rabo de Peixe confirmed Vespa velutina on São Miguel in January 2025. An IUCN grant funded by the European Union now pays for a year of mapping, nest destruction and training from 1 September. On the mainland the same insect has spread for fifteen years.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

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