Dozens of flights are canceled, per day, at Lisbon airport, leaving thousands of passengers in despair, but airlines do not see Beja or Porto as an alternative. read today, an exclusive from Jornal de Notícias (JN).
With more 500% of passengers in Portugal and more 1000% in Europe until April, companies that laid off staff during the pandemic did not expect such a quick recovery that ANA was forced to – Airports in Portugal to reinforce resources, the Foreigners and Borders Service to reinforce personnel and the NAV – Portuguese Air Navigation negotiating airspace with the military.
A International Air Transport Association (IATA) provided for the recovery of air traffic only in 2024, but now estimates that they are reached 83% of the passengers of 2019 still this year. “no one predicted this”, said the Minister of Infrastructure, this week, no Parliament, justifying the wave of TAP cancellations in Portela in the last month. Besides, pointed, “we are experiencing a cyclical problem that affects the whole of Europe and the whole world”.
More than 15 1,000 flights will be canceled in Europe this summer, according to specialized consultants: two thousand at Lufthansa, 10300 da British Airways, 10 a 20 flights per day on KLM, among others. On TAP, We count an average of 20 canceled flights per day in Lisbon.
