Last March, two years after its first flight to Ponta Delgada following the liberalisation of flights between two archipelago islands and the continent, the Easyjet director in Portugal, Jose Lopes, said at a press conference that this route was going to be scrapped.

Easyjet was not able to enter the market “with the minimum supply of quality”, he added at the time.

The only low cost airline that continues to fly to Sao Miguel is Ryanair, which has been flying to Terceira Island since December 2016.