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Portuguese Airports situation update

May 10, 2010 in Portuguese News

Today in the morning Lisbon’s airport and Porto’s airport were reopened and several flights from Lisbon were transferred to this city. At the moment airports in Madeira and Azores are still closed. Follow the situtation in Europe on twitter: http://twitter.com/eurocontrol

Volcanic Ashcloud over Portugal

May 9, 2010 in Portuguese News

The volcanic ash cloud released by the Icelandic mountain Eyjaffjalljokull has reached Portuguese skies and over 308 flights were cancelled. It has disturbed mostly the north, with 153 cancelled flights, in Lisbon 88 flights were affected and 6 flights from Faro have been cancelled. The Azores have been also affected by the cloud with 28 [...]