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Ryanair annouces 33rd base at PORTO

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:29:40 +0000

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced it would open its 33rd base at Porto (Northern Portugal) with two based aircraft and four new routes (16 in total). Ryanair will offer 50 weekly return flights to/from Porto in an investment worth over $140 million.

Ryanair’s four new routes from Porto to Basel, Eindhoven, St Etienne and Tours from September and a doubling of flights to Paris Beauvais (to twice daily) will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Porto to 1.5 million passengers p.a. which will sustain 1,500 well paid local jobs.

Ryanair celebrated its new Porto base, two new aircraft, 16 routes and 1.5 million passengers by releasing 1 million €9 seats for travel across its European network for travel in late August, September and October which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Sunday (5th July).

In Porto, Ryanair’s Michael Cawley said:

“Ryanair is delighted to announce Porto as our 33rd base and our first base in Portugal. Our four new routes from Porto go on sale today. With a total of 16 low fare routes from Porto, passengers can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges to exciting destinations all over Europe. Ryanair’s 1.5 million passengers will sustain 1,500 jobs locally in Porto.”

EXISTING ROUTES:

Barcelona (Girona); Birmingham; Bristol; Brussels (Charleroi); Frankfurt (Hahn); Liverpool; London (Stansted); Madrid; Marseille; Milan (Bergamo); Paris (Beauvais); Pisa

NEW ROUTES:

Basel; Eindhoven; St Etienne; Tours

New easyJet route from Paris to Faro

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:21:52 +0000

easyJet will start at the next 11th of July a 3 weekly flight from Paris Orly (ORY) to Faro (FAO).

The tickets are starting as low as 31€.
No excuse for the “Parisians” to enjoy the sunny Algarve.

New Ryanair route from Faro to Bremen

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:53:48 +0000

Ryanair will start is 10th route from Faro Airport with the new flight to Bremen (BRE), Germany.

Starting at the 14th of April the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany will receive the biweekly flights from Faro.

Book now your tickets for this new route and enjoy sun at the Algarve.

Gatwick to Faro by Aer Lingus

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:20:06 +0000

Aer Lingus has announced that they will start flying next year from London/Gatwick (LGW) to Faro (FAO). This will be a summer route, starting at 26th April to 24th October and will be a twice a day service:
From Faro to Gatwick:

Departs 09:25. Arrives 12:10.
Departs 20:45. Arrives 23:30.

From Gatwick to Faro:

Departs 05:50. Arrives 08:45
Departs 17:20. Arrives 20:05.

Norwegian Air Shuttle announced Faro to Copenhagen

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:10:28 +0000

After Sterling’s bankruptcy, the Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced it will start one new route from Copenhagen (CPH) to/from Faro (FAO) for the coming summer.

The new route to Faro (FAO) takes off on April 4 and will operate every Saturdays:

From Algarve-Faro – Copenhagen: departs 17:40, arrives 22:50
From Copenhagen – Algarve-Faro: departs 13:40, arrives 16:50

New Cardiff to Lisbon route by bmibaby

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:20:48 +0000

On 29th March 2009 bmibaby will commence one new route from Cardiff to Lisbon.
This route from Cardiff to Lisbon will operate twice a week on Thursday and Sunday.

Aer Lingus connection between Lisbon (LIS) and Cork (ORK)

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:10:08 +0000

Starting 14 March 09 Aer Lingus will open a connection between Lisbon (LIS) and Cork (ORK).

Check the tables ‘In Lisbon (LIS)‘ and ‘From Lisbon (LIS)‘ for all Lisbon updates on Low Cost flights.

Ryanair: Faro to Dusseldorf (Weeze)

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:12 +0000

Ryanair announced the opening of a new route, from Faro to Dusseldorf (Weeze). The route will open on the 28th of October and will be the 9th Ryanair route from Faro.

The route will fly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Ponta Delgada (PDL) flights with Air Berlin

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:08:22 +0000

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).

Lisbon to Funchal (Madeira) by Easyjet

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:14:04 +0000

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

First Lisbon-Copenhagen low cost flight by Sterling

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:20:19 +0000

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.

Two new Faro routes from Ryanair

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:20:18 +0000

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.

New flights to Palma de Mallorca from Porto and Lisbon

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:06:24 +0000

Air Europa have opened two new routes from Lisbon (LIS) and Porto (OPO) to Palma de Mallorca (PMI) – flying once a week, on Tuesdays. This are the first routes from Air Europa from/to Portugal.

The routes will be active until the 9th of September 2008.

New Ryanair route : Faro – Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK)

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:50:09 +0000

Ryanair will start at 29th of October a new route from Faro (FAO) to Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) Airport. The flights are schedule twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays) and the timetable for this route is:

06:40 (PIK) - 09:40 (FAO)
10:05 (FAO) - 13:10 (PIK)

Glasgow to Faro by easyJet

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:34:20 +0000

Has reported in January, easyJet started yesterday their new Faro to/from Glasgow (GLA) route.

The twice weekly service, operating Tuesday and Saturday, will increase to a three times a week flights during the busy summer period of June 26 to August 28.

From Glasgow to Faro:

Tuesday – Departs 7.35am. Arrives 10.50am.
Thursday – Departs 5.30pm. Arrives 8.45pm.
Saturday – Departs 2.30pm. Arrives 5.45pm.

From Faro to Glasgow:

Tuesday – Departs 11.20am. Arrives 2.30pm.
Thursday – Departs 9.15pm. Arrives 12.25am (next day).
Saturday – Departs 6.15pm. Arrives 9.25pm.