The movement A New Hope (UNE) accuses the mayor of Porto Santo, Nuno Batista, of staging an “institutional firmness” against Binter Airlines to try to erase months of inaction and a lack of results. In reaction to the news published in this Saturday’s edition of DIÁRIO, which reports the intention…
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The Court of Appeal annulled the decision to dismiss a security guard who worked at Madeira Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo, after he found two gold rings on the ground, revealed the Jornal de Notícias (JN), yesterday in its online edition. The company for which the security guard worked initiated a…
Due to undesirable waiting times, the collection of biometric data at the departure terminals of Lisbon, Porto, and Faro airports was suspended again today, states a PSP spokesperson. “Today, there are a large number of people leaving the Schengen Area through the airports of Lisbon, Porto, and Faro, and the…
The president of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, reacted to the new model of the social mobility subsidy approved in the Assembly of the Republic, warning of risks associated with the diploma and criticising the position taken by the opposition throughout the process. The minister began by stressing…
Bad weather has caused more than four dozen flights to be cancelled this morning at Madeira Airport, affecting both arrivals and departures. Before the vast majority of operations were cancelled, several flights were diverted to other airports, as a safety measure in view of the impossibility of landing on the…
The Regional Government of Madeira, through the Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, is concerned about the possibility that the main air carriers that provide connections between the mainland and the autonomous regions may abandon the routes covered by the Social Mobility Subsidy (SSM) Eduardo Jesus warns…
Travellers in and out of the island may be affected by safety constraints at Madeira’s Airport, given the intensity of the wind that is expected for the Region. Ricardo Tavares, the Regional IPMA Delegate, states that from Wednesday, with the arrival of a new depression in Madeira, gusts could reach…
A majority of passengers of the three aircraft diverted to Porto Santo this afternoon, due to winds affecting the operationality of the Madeira International Airport, will travel to Madeira using the Porto Santo ferry. It is not the first time that the Porto Santo Ferry has been used as a…
According to ANA – Madeira Airports, strong winds are affecting the operationality of the island’s International Airport, with flights being diverted or cancelled. Later this afternoon, the official ANA – Madeira Airports website reported that as of 17:15, the last plane to land on the island had arrived at 13:48,…
On her Facebook page, singer Márcia recounts the experience of trying to reach Madeira when the airport was closed due to bad weather. With two images captured from the Ryanair plane, the artist writes that it was “the closest we got to Madeira, yesterday, it was in this place somewhere…
The Social Mobility Allowance (SSM) platform is temporarily down for maintenance, according to the relevant authorities. This downtime is already causing numerous complaints from both operators and users. This is expected to last for the next couple of days, but as yet, no operational date has been confirmed. The situation…
The adverse weather conditions affecting the Madeira Archipelago led to the cancellation of 92 flights (arrivals and departures), according to data from ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal released at 21:00 this evening. Since this morning, 13 aircraft have landed at Madeira International Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo, and 17 have departed.…
Dozens of flights have been cancelled or diverted, and with it, a revolt among passengers. Although flights are being rescheduled, often several days after the booked flight, many travellers are expressing their anger at the inconvenience and disruption to their lives. One of the passengers who cannot contain his anger…
The second aerial means to strengthen the response capacity in Madeira “is included in the State Budget for 2026,” but there is still no defined schedule for its availability, said the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Micaela Freitas, guaranteeing that the Regional Government will demand clarifications from the…
The mobility allowance should no longer be a subject of instability and recurring dispute, argued Guilherme Silva, who considered it incomprehensible that, after decades of autonomy, the issue remains without a stable solution. The statements were made on the sidelines of the Atlantic Conferences, in Câmara de Lobos. “It is…