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.