Beja: Secretary of State for Transport talks about “new dynamic” from the airport.
The Secretary of State for Transport and Infrastructures, Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, It was at the opening session of the "Open Day-I Can Fly", a forum dedicated to aeronautical, promoted by the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja) and partnership with G Air Training Center.
The official spoke on the Beja airport and said "have a dynamic and different vocation. It has been able to found the way to take advantage, a clear regional goal. The construction of a maintenance hangar 2018 It is strategic for the infrastructure ", said.
"If the sea rises in almost twenty times the size of the Portuguese territory, airspace is sixty times larger than the land area of ​​the country. That is the scale and ambition of the aeronautical sector in Portugal ", He said this morning in Beja, Secretary of State for Transport and Infrastructures.
Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, He spoke at the opening session of the "Open Day-I Can Fly", a forum dedicated to aeronautical, promoted by the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja) and partnership with G Air Training Center, headquartered in Ponte de Sor, a meeting where the afternoon will be signed some cooperation agreements between IPBeja and other aviation sector entities.
The minister argued that "Portugal is asserting itself in leading sectors, be in the airline industry, is the aerospace air ", adding to perentória so "without running the risk of committing any excess, Portugal is changing. We are treading new ground in the highly specialized sector ", finished.
Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, He maintained that Portugal is attracting more and more routes and more passengers, explaining that " 2016 We grew by 14% is at 2017 we have more than 44 million passengers, over a thousand take-offs and landings per day ", adding that current year data show "impressive values ​​and meaning a 17% growth", finished.
The Secretary of State also spoke of TAP, arguing that "our flag carrier, where the government has pledged to keep in Portugal, has been growing in 2017 of 22% the number of passengers ", justifying that translates to "a significant recovery of its market share", concluded.
About capacity from Lisbon airport and the complementary airport construction decision in Montijo, known as 'Portela +1', Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins explained that it is a process "very much conditioned by the previous privatization options, which presupposes an extraordinary economic fit for the company ", justified.
About Beja Airport, the Executive António Costa member, said "has a different dynamic and vocation. It has been able to found the way to take advantage, a clear regional goal. The construction of a maintenance hangar 2018 It is strategic for the infrastructure ", said.
He recalled that in February was recognized the "National Aeronautics Cluster – Space and defense that already meets 60 entities ", which was then confirmed as "boost research, innovation and economy. It is essential to ensure the necessary support in Portugal 2020 Strapping for this purpose, supported the use of union between the companies ", finished.
On the "Open Day-I Can Fly" taking place throughout the day in IPBeja, will be signing a memorandum of understanding allowing the Polytechnic and G Air start, from the next day 8 January, one Cockpit course Booth to take place in the Alentejo educational institution, the practical part will be held at the Training Center SATA, on the island of Santa Maria, Azores, and directed the youth of the Institute and the region.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
