A passenger reportedly felt unwell and had a heart attack while flying between Tenerife and Glasgow, a Regional Civil Protection Service source confirmed today.
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Porto Santo has, as of today, a new direct operation from Oslo, Norway. The new SAS connection is scheduled for Saturdays, with the airline using an Airbus A180neo which can carry 300 plus passengers.
Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport is the 4th worst in the world, according to the ranking of the passenger advocacy organisation AirHelp.
The Municipality of Santa Cruz has already issued Madeira International Airport eight years' worth of Municipal Property Tax (IMI) invoices.
Ryanair has confirmed that it will remove an aircraft from its Madeira route in response to the extraordinary increase in airport charges next year.
The President of the Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, will meet on Wednesday with a representative of Ryanair to try to minimise the effects of the withdrawal of one of the two aircraft based here in Madeira from January next year, due to the increase in airport charges by ANA/Vinci.
Overnight, TAP increased their fares for flights between mainland Portugal and Madeira by 53 euros, which surprised travel agencies, who were not given prior notice of the change.
The Integrated Communications Centre of the Regional Command for Relief Operations (CROS) received an alert today, that a 24-year-old man from Italy had fallen approximately 4 meters from the Levada das 25 Fontes, in the municipality of Calheta.
Madeira Airport will carry out a full-scale emergency exercise during the early hours of the 8th of November, between 01:00 and 05:00.
ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal has revised its 2024 tariff proposal for its national airports. It is now proposing an average increase of 14.55% in global terms, including adjustments to fees not charged in previous years, according to information on the manager's website.
The Integrated Communications Centre of the Regional Command for Relief Operations (CROS) undertook an emergency call out as a tourist had fallen while walking the Levada do Alecrim.
Strengthening the fire detection system and studying the replacement of the current helicopter with another with a higher capacity or even the acquisition of a second aerial means are the possibilities put on the table by the President of the Regional Government.
The CDS Parliamentary Group, together with local Mayors, visited the municipality of Calheta, more precisely some of the parishes most affected by last week's fires.
SATA – Azores Airlines recently announced that due to its success, it will maintain its Madeira - New York route and that it will be adding two new direct flights from June to September 2024 (Madeira - Boston/ Madeira - Toronto).
Binter Airlines has announced their new travel promotion between Madeira and the Canary Islands, with prices starting from 62.65 euros each way.