Infraestruturas opens technical validation of ANA's €233M Humberto Delgado expansion plan — South Pier, 10 new boarding bridges and apron extension targeting 45 movements/hour. APA environmental review next; operational date pencilled at 2030.
IATA Europe vice-president Rafael Schvartzman told Lusa that Humberto Delgado's capacity constraints are the single biggest risk for Portuguese aviation this summer, citing a 2025 Eurocontrol punctuality read below 51% — the worst among Europe's 30 largest airports.
First two days of Vinci's reinforced Lisbon Airport border lanes cut arrival waits to 47 minutes; Porto airport peaks at 1 hour Saturday 30 May, with 360 new PSP officers due in July.
Veterans of Portuguese aviation reframed the Lisbon airport queues story on Thursday — the cause is 'saturação estrutural', a decade of 70% passenger growth absorbed by an unchanged terminal. Vinci's 29 May reinforcement lifts boxes to 34 and e-gates to 32.
ACI Europe's Wednesday 27 May statement pegs Schengen EES border waits at up to 3.5 hours across 45 surveyed European airports — a 70% processing-time lift naming Portugal alongside France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Spain. Henna Virkkunen offers Commission support; DECO opens a compensation push.
The Sindicato Nacional do Pessoal de Voo da Aviação Civil (SNPVAC) — the union that represents cabin crew on Portuguese-flag carriers — voted on Tuesday 19 May 2026 to join the CGTP general strike scheduled for Wednesday 3 June 2026 , putting more...
The Ministério da Administração Interna (MAI) opens additional manual border-control boxes at Aeroporto Humberto Delgado from Thursday 29 May 2026 , scales the number of e-gates at the same terminal, and routes new PSP officers into airport border...
