The SNPVAC union says 80 percent of flights from Lisbon, Porto and Faro are off until Tuesday. easyJet expects to fly 55 percent of its schedule using crews from other bases. What passengers on cancelled flights are owed.
Three CGTP unions have called out the general careers of central, regional and local government for 24 hours. Minimum services cover a handful of island flights, and pay talks resume on Tuesday.
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.
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.
