Portugal Low Cost

German low-cost airline Air Berlin will fly from their Nuremberg base this winter to Ponta Delgada, in the Azores.
This route will start at 03 November 2008 and will have a weekly based schedule. After 4.5 hours of flying passengers will arrive in the capital of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel, the largest of the islands.
Feeder flights to Nuremberg are available from 12 German cities (Berlin, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Leipzig-Halle, Hanover, Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn, Münster-Osnabrück, Paderborn) and also from Vienna, Austria.

Air Berlin is the only Low Cost airline that operates to this Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic.

Tickets are available to book now at www.airberlin.com. Early bookers can make sure of getting bargain fares from just 169 € (one way).

From 27 October 2008 Easyjet will start their first Portuguese domestic flight from Lisbon (LIS) to Funchal island (FUN).

The twice a day service, will for sure increase the number of turists on the beautiful island of Funchal, considered by many as a true nature’s divine grace due to its green and luxuriant flora.

Lisbon (LIS), Funchal (FUN):

• dep. 07:35, arr. 09:15
• dep. 16:00, arr. 17:45

Funchal (FUN), Lisbon (LIS):

• dep. 09:45, arr. 11:25
• dep. 18:15, arr. 19:55

The Danish airline Sterling will start their first route to Lisbon, flying to Lisbon from Copenhagen.

Lisbon-Copenhagen, twice weekly flights from 5 February 2009 and with fares from 101 EUR.

The Danes are welcome to the Portuguese capital and all their wonders.

Starting at the 28th October 2008 Ryanair will have two new routes from Faro (FAO): Liverpool (LPL) and East Midlands (EMA).

Both routes will have flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Go on and enjoy the Autumn Algarve sun, bring your credit card and some Euros to spend at this enjoyable place.