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Government Extends Airport Ground Handling Contracts to Avoid Summer Chaos as Legal Battle Drags On

Government Extends Airport Ground Handling Contracts to Avoid Summer Chaos as Legal Battle Drags On

Portugal’s government will extend the ground handling licences at Lisbon, Porto, and Faro airports for a second time to prevent service disruptions during the peak summer travel season, Secretary of State Hugo Espírito Santo confirmed on...

Arriving at a Portuguese Airport: What Immigration Officers Check and How to Prepare in 2026

Arriving at a Portuguese Airport: What Immigration Officers Check and How to Prepare in 2026

More than 30 million passengers passed through Portugal's airports in 2025, and for most of them the immigration experience lasted a few seconds — a passport scan, a nod, and they were through. But for 2,140 people last year, the interaction ended...

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,...