Eleven flights to and from the Madeira airport of TAP, easyJet and Swiss International are canceled throughout this Tuesday due to weather conditions, according to information available on the ANA — Aeroportos website.
ANA Madeira Aeroporto informs that the weather forecasts, strong wind, “signal a continuation of restrictions on departures and arrivals”, asking passengers to confirm the status of their flight, before heading to the airport.
According to information available at 7:30 am, throughout the day there are 11 flights to and from Madeira by TAP, easyJet and Swiss International cancelled.
On Tuesday morning, the departures of a TAP flight (6:00 a.m.) to Lisbon were canceled, and three easyjet flights at 8:45, 9:30 and 10:50 a.m. to Porto, Lisbon and Milan , respectively
With respect to easyjet flight arrivals canceled from Porto (8:15 a.m.), Lisbon (9:00 a.m.) and Milan (10:20 a.m.).
On Monday, strong winds caused nine flights to be diverted and four to be cancelled.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) placed Madeira under yellow alert due to strong northeasterly wind forecastwith gusts of up to 75 kilometers per hour until 6:00 p.m. this Tuesday.
The Funchal port authority also issued severe weather warnings on Monday.then strong to shore of the Madeira archipelago, which will be in force until 6 a.m. this Wednesday.
Source: Observadora
