ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal – increased the forecast of canceled flights this Saturday to and from Lisbon airport from 32 to 65, due to limitations in several European airports.
“Due to a series of restrictions at various European airports, 65 canceled flights are planned today. 40 arrivals and 25 departures“, reported ANA, in a note sent to Lusa.
This information updates the data published by ANA about two hours ago, which pointed to the cancellation of a total of 32 flights at Lisbon airport, specifically 18 arrivals and 14 departures.
Lisbon Airport with forecast of 32 canceled flights this Saturday
In this context, “Lisbon airport has launched support measures for airlines, specifically the installation of additional mobile counters for rescheduling flights,” said the airport concessionaire, indicating that support teams for airlines were also reinforced. passengers and distribution of flights by water.
“We advise passengers with a flight scheduled for today to contact the airlines“, indicated the ANA.
According to information available on the ANA website, as of 4:30 p.m. this Saturday, three dozen flights to and from Lisbon had been cancelled.
At issue are, according to the information collected on that website, flights to various European cities, but also Philadelphia, Accra, Dakar, Porto Santo and Varadero.
On the arrivals side, there are also signs of the cancellation of several flights that were due to land in Lisbon in the morning, coming from sources as varied as Tangier, Porto, Sal, Bratislava, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Rome, Recife or Casablanca.
At the end of the day, the information currently available points to the cancellation of more than two dozen flights to and from Lisbon.
TAP flights are involved in most of these situations, according to the same data.
Porto airport has so far recorded the cancellation of one departure to Amsterdam and two arrivals.
Flight cancellations combined with increased demand have created long lines at airports, with many passengers complaining of hours lost waiting for their bags and reporting the fact that they can only retrieve their bags days after arrival.
Source: Observadora
