According to Portimão Town Hall, adaptations to the aerodrome were due to be concluded this week, which include a passenger terminal and a baggage area.
A new north-south flight route comprising stops in Vila Real, Viseu and Cascais as well as Bragança was originally set to commence in June but has been subject to a number of bureaucratic delays since and no definite date for the inaugural flight has as yet been confirmed.
In related news, a new airline has launched commercial flights between Funchal (Madeira) and mainland Portugal, joining the likes of Ryanair and TAP.
Operational for four years the airline Everjets was formerly an exclusively executive airline but on Sunday started operating commercial routes between mainland Portugal (Oporto and Lisbon) and the island.
Based in Oporto it offers daily flights between Lisbon and Funchal and two weekly flights to Oporto.
Its commercial venture includes two airbus A320s and entails an initial investment of between four and five million euros.
Portimão Aerodrome ready to receive domestic flights
in Algarve · 19 Nov 2015, 14:31 · 2 Comments
As part of publicising the new north-south route and getting business people to use it and to create good jobs in Portugal, Portimao Town Hall should update its web page for the Penina-Alvor airport, following the pattern of the other airports on the new route. This will help to make the route profitable and will foster investments near each airport on the route. For example, compare what wikipedia says about Penina-Alvor and Cascais-Tires: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeródromo_Municipal_de_Cascais_(Tires) and https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeródromo_Municipal_de_Portimão
By Paul Lefrere from UK on 21 Nov 2015, 09:46
Alvor aerodrome is certainly looking nice and ready to receive its first customer in the new year ...surely somebody will come forward..maybe. . Meanwhile Aero VIP the company enjoying millions of state money to run a ghost line have now invested in a very expensive new aircraft ... A nice new Polatis .... Not for transport of course but for parachute jumping ....after all they only have the years and 8 million to spend , after which they will revert to what actually makes money ... Parachuting.
Meanwhile the local hospital declines every month motto mention other essential services...
If only our municipal president had just a little bit of leadership to stand up and say enough is enough ... Put this money where it is needed .... But watching them rubbing shoulders all smiles rather like chairman Mao and his corrupt henchmen .... At local dinners ..... With vested participants ..... Portugal hasn't a chance
By Tomset from Algarve on 30 Nov 2015, 20:26