Strong wind continues to affect Madeira’s International Airport. Since midnight last night and late this afternoon, 17 flights were diverted and 15 were cancelled, states ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. It should be remembered that the adverse weather situation led the Captaincy of the Port of Funchal to extend the…
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Almost fifty flights (arrivals and departures) from Madeira Airport were cancelled yesterday due to strong winds, while several others were diverted. This was the case of a Ryanair flight between Porto and Funchal, which headed to Porto Santo after a failed approach to Madeira. It was in the early hours of…
According to the ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal page on Monday, the 30th of June, 11 cancellations were registered (between arrivals and departures) at Madeira International Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo. The constraints, resulting from the adverse weather conditions that affected the airport operation throughout the day, gave rise to several…
A report issued this morning by a disgruntled passenger who took the last TAP flight from Madeira to Lisbon stated that they were left waiting for three hours for their baggage. The flight, scheduled to depart at 21:50, was delayed by about 1 hour and 10 minutes due to weather…
YouTube channel, Madeira Airport Live, has registered another impressive landing at Madeira-Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, which is known for being one of the most challenging airports in the world. The video shows the intense moment when an Estonian Marabu Airbus A320, coming from Nuremberg (Germany), was caught in crosswinds and…
Today was the inaugural United Airlines direct connection between New York and Madeira. With three flights a week – Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday until September (although depending on its success, this could continue longer), United Airlines is using a Boeing 737 MAX 8, with 16 Premium PlusSM seats, 54 Economy PlusSM…
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, has expressed serious reservations about meeting the deadline for the arrival of the second aerial means to reinforce the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC), set for the beginning of July, blaming the change in the tutelage of the Internal Administration in the…
The PSP announced today that it will reinforce security at the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Azores, and Madeira in July with more police officers. In Faro, the need for more security agents was already anticipated. A source from the Public Security Police told Lusa that in July the training course…
The North American market is the 2nd largest market in terms of guests and overnight stays in Portugal. Therefore, Turismo de Portugal welcomes the new air routes connecting to the USA, which include the connection between New York and Funchal, which begins on the 7th of June. The route between…
A Wizz Air plane made a heavy and difficult landing at Madeira Airport on Sunday, the 25th of May. The moment, captured by aviation enthusiasts, was released on a specialised YouTube channel, where the video was titled ‘Hard landing leaves Wizz Air passengers shaken.’ The nature of the landing made…
In March 2025, the region’s airports handled 442.5 thousand passengers and moved 2,975 aircraft (commercial flights), reflecting year-on-year rates of change of +6.7% and +7.1%, respectively. Numbers that, in addition to those of January and February, result in more than 1.1 million passengers and more than 8.1 thousand aircraft in…
A recent press statement highlights the intolerable situation airport workers face. Hundreds of employees are prevented from parking near their workplace due to the chaotic and deeply unbalanced management of the car parks, the responsibility of SABA, with the connivance of ANA Aeroportos, states an infrastructure manager. “There are no…
The Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVT) has criticized TAP’s new campaign that allows passengers to buy airline tickets in three interest-free installments, saying that it creates “market distortions”. “Once again, TAP preferred to create market distortions, preventing consumer freedom of choice, reducing the end customer’s options regarding…
After more than twenty years on the run from justice, a Portuguese woman aged 63 was detained at Madeira Airport last Monday. The Regional Command of PSP Madeira issued a statement, saying: “The citizen, on whom an arrest warrant was pending, was intercepted by the Airport Security Police Division at…
The Complaint Portal recorded a 24% increase in complaints within the hotel, travel, and tourism sector in the first quarter of the year. There were 315 more complaints compared to the first quarter of 2024, when there were 1,270 complaints. According to a statement, between the 1st of January and…