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Ryanair Exits Azores After Final Saturday Flight — Region Loses 100,000 Annual Visitors

Ryanair Exits Azores After Final Saturday Flight — Region Loses 100,000 Annual Visitors

Ryanair completed its final flight to the Azores on Saturday, March 28, ending operations in the archipelago and severing a critical link that brought 100,000 tourists annually to Ponta Delgada and Terceira. The low-cost carrier's departure leaves a...

Lisbon Airport Border Control Hits Two-Hour Peak as Easter Travel Tests Infrastructure Limits

Lisbon Airport Border Control Hits Two-Hour Peak as Easter Travel Tests Infrastructure Limits

Passengers arriving at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport faced waits of up to two hours at border control this morning, in the latest episode of congestion at an airport long operating beyond capacity. The peak was recorded around 8:30 AM on Sunday,...

Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens

Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens

# Public Transport Companies Warn of Service Cuts as Fuel Costs and State Debt Crisis Deepens Portugal's public transport operators are facing a financial squeeze that could force service reductions across the country, as soaring fuel costs and...

Alcochete Airport: Government Confirms Location but Questions ANA's Traffic Forecasts

Alcochete Airport: Government Confirms Location but Questions ANA's Traffic Forecasts

The decades-long saga of Lisbon's new airport took another step forward this week, but the government's confirmation of the Alcochete site came with a notable caveat: it does not trust the traffic projections submitted by airport operator ANA. In a...

CP Railways on Track for Record Profit as Government Defends Rail Turnaround

CP Railways on Track for Record Profit as Government Defends Rail Turnaround

Portugal's state railway company CP - Comboios de Portugal is heading for a significant profit, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Miguel Pinto Luz declared in Parliament, pushing back against Socialist Party criticism of the government's...

Azores Airlines Privatisation Relaunches: Government Switches to Direct Negotiation as EU Deadline Looms

Azores Airlines Privatisation Relaunches: Government Switches to Direct Negotiation as EU Deadline Looms

The Azores Regional Government announced on Tuesday that it will launch a fresh attempt to privatise Azores Airlines, this time through a direct negotiation process rather than the public tender that failed earlier this year. The decision marks a...