According to Paulo Mirpuri, head of the Hi Fly group, the construction works are to start “in the first quarter of 2019,” last for 18 months, and the hangar is expected to start working “in the third semester of 2020”. Mirpuri said that Mesa decided to build the hangar in Beja because it is currently “the only” Portuguese airport that “can accommodate all types of aircraft that belong to the Hi Fly fleet, including their recently-purchased Airbus A380.