A spokesperson for Barcelona's El Prat Airport, announced this morning, the 23rd of February, that Air Nostrum will resume operating its weekly scheduled flight to Madeira from the 17th of July to the 11th of September this year.
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From today, the 22nd of February, the Region will return to its pre-carnival curfew. This is 7 pm on weekdays, and 6 pm at weekends, with commercial, industrial and service industries having to close at 18:00 during the week.
The Regional Health Secretary has released this week's calendar vaccination schedule. At the moment only those over the age of eighty, or those aged seventy-five to seventy-nine with health issues are being vaccinated.
The PS - Madeira reiterated their concern that the Regional Government has postponed the Porto Santo Ferry Connection between Madeira and Porto Santo until the 1st of March. According to PS deputy Miguel Brito, this is a situation that has made local populations unhappy, and affects local entrepreneurs who are suffering financially due to the pandemic situation.
Marking the eleventh year anniversary of the 2010 floods, the Regional Government issued a statement on their social network pages, saying: "Today, 11 years after February 20, 2010, we have plenty of reasons to be proud.
The green corridor at Madeira International Airport is now open to tourists who have been either vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19, and who present a 90-day proof of validity.
Writing on his social media, renown geographer, Raimundo Quintal stated how indignant he is that the Fortim do Faial still remains closed to the general public.
The carnival clampdown continues, as day trippers and picnickers were dismayed to find that a popular picnicking site at Chão da Lagoa has been closed.
The new carnival restrictions are:-
KLM announced this week that it successfully carried out the first passenger flight between between Amsterdam and Madrid, using a fuel mix of sustainably manufactured synthetic kerosene on the 22nd of January. The aircraft fuel load contained 500 litres of sustainable synthetic kerosene which had been produced by Shell at its research centre in Amsterdam.
The NRP Douro and crew, who have been stationed in Madeira since the 23rd of December 2020, took part in a series of maritime day and night search and rescue exercises alongside the Portuguese Air Force EH-101 helicopter crew this week.
Jet2, the second largest British tour operator, has again suspended all flights until the 15th of April.
The complete cessation of the Monte Toboggans has had a detrimental affect on both staff and their families. In an attempt to reverse the situation a company spokesperson has confirmed that they will be operational from the 15th of February.
The President of the Regional Government has just announced that throughout next week (carnival week), there will be a mandatory curfew of 6 pm, with all commercial establishments closing at 5 pm. However, this will only be confirmed on Thursday after the Government Council Meeting.
Workers from the Regional Directorate for Roads today installed an iron barrier across the road connecting Poiso and Pico do Areeiro, in order to prevent people driving up into the mountains during bad weather conditions, i.e. snow. Obviously, the barrier will be raised during normal - good weather, and its installation will enable the police and Forestry police to make more effective use of their resources.