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Porto Santo Airport
Porto Santo Airport () is an international airport located in Vila Baleira, the capital of Porto Santo Island, Madeira. The military Maneuver Aerodrome n.° 3 (''Aeródromo de Manobra n.º 3'') or AM3 is co-located within the limits of civilian Porto Santo Airport. History The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, its runway was built with an initial length of . The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Air Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960. The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on 28 August 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached . The runway was also re-paved. Management Porto Santo Airport is managed by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal. Facilities The airport has a asphalt/concrete runway, with no ILS equip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Baleira
Vila Baleira is the main city in the municipality of Porto Santo, located on Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share .... It was made a city on 7 August 1996. References {{Authority control Porto Santo Island Populated places in Madeira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search And Rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs (such as K9 units); urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water. International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a UN organisation that promotes the exchange of information between national urban search and rescue organisations. The duty to render assistance is covered by Article 98 of the UNCLOS. Definitions There are many different definitions of search and rescue, depending on the agency involved and country in question. *Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Coast Guard: "Search and Rescue comprises the search for, and provision of ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Portugal
There are a total of 46 notable airports in Portugal, including civil and military airfields, located on mainland Portugal and in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos. Notes: * The location is the municipality ('' município'' or ''concelho'') which in a few instances is preceded by the parish (''freguesia''). * The airport name is linked to the English airport name, followed by the Portuguese name. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - valign=top align=left ! Location ! Region ! ICAO ! IATA ! Airport name , - bgcolor=#CCCCCC , colspan=5 , Portugal: Public airports , - valign=top , Beja , Alentejo , LPBJ , BYJ , Beja Airport , - valign=top , Braga , Norte , LPBR , BGZ , Braga Airport (''Aeródromo Municipal de Braga'') (Palmeira, Braga, - valign=top , Bragança, Portugal, Bragança , Norte , LPBG , BGC , Bragança Airport (''Aeródromo Municipal de Bragança'') (Domestic and International, - valign=top , Cascais , Lisbon , LPCS , CAT , Lisbon-Cascais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAP Air Portugal
TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier of Portugal, headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its airline hub, hub. TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2005 and operates on average 2,500 flights a week to 90 destinations in 34 countries worldwide. As of May 2019 the company has a fleet of 100 aircraft, all of which are manufactured by Airbus with the exception of 19 aircraft manufactured by Embraer, operating on behalf of the regional airline TAP Express. The airline was established on 14 March 1945 and began commercial services on 19 September 1946. Having been founded as a national institution, the airline was privatisation, privatised for the first time in its history during 1953. Throughout its existence, TAP has alternated between public and private ownership. In 1965, it bought its first Boeing-built jetliner, the Boeing 707, 707. In 1967, the airline became the first in Europe to exclusively operate jets. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smartwings
Smartwings, a.s. (formerly ''Travel Service, a.s.'') is a Czech airline with its head office on the property of Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyně, 6th district, Prague. It is the biggest airline in the Czech Republic, and it operates scheduled and chartered flights, mainly to leisure destinations. The airline also wet and dry leases its aircraft to other airlines. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Czech Airlines and has subsidiaries in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. History Foundation and early years Smartwings was founded in 1997 originally under the name Travel Service and focused on operating charter flights mainly for Czech tour operators. Its first airplane was a Tupolev Tu-154M. In 2000, Travel Service received its first Boeing 737-400. In 2004, Travel Service launched its low-cost brand Smartwings. Travel Service leased two Boeing 737-500s from Lufthansa which were primary intended for Smartwings flights. Both aircraft were painted in the new Smartwings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privilege Style
Privilege Style is a Spanish charter airline headquartered in Palma de Mallorca and based at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. Operations According to the airline, its VIP customers include several Spanish companies and also teams from Spain's first football league. In June and July 2014, Privilege Style operated Finnair's flights from Helsinki to New York-JFK while one of Finnair's A330s was out of service for extended maintenance. The same happened again in December 2015. In the summer of 2015, the airline leased its Boeing 767-300ER to El Al. As of June 2016, all of Privilege Style's aircraft were operating for El Al, except the 767 which currently operates for Condor Flugdienst. In 2018, the 777 has been operated daily for Norwegian Air Shuttle on their since terminated Rome-Newark route, due to major technical issues affecting Norwegian’s 787 fleet. In late spring 2019, Norwegian again started using Privilege Style's 777 for their London-Miami route. In Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Airport
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport or simply Porto Airport (formerly ''Pedras Rubras Airport'') is an international airport near Porto (Oporto), Portugal. It is located northwest of the Clérigos Tower (in the centre of Porto). Its location is split between the municipalities of Maia, Matosinhos and Vila do Conde. The airport is run by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal and is currently the second-busiest in the country, based on aircraft operations; and the second-busiest in passengers, based on Aeroportos de Portugal traffic statistics, after Lisbon Airport and before Faro Airport. The airport is a base for easyJet, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal and its subsidiary TAP Express. Location The airport is surrounded by the municipalities of Matosinhos (to the south and west) and Vila do Conde (to the north) and Maia (to the east). It covers the parishes of Santa Cruz do Bispo, Perafita and Lavra (in Matosinhos); Aveleda and Vilar do Pinheiro (Vila do Conde); and Vila Nova da Telha and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Airport
Humberto Delgado Airport , informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport, is an international airport located northeast of the Baixa Pombalina, historical city centre of Lisbon, Portugal. With more than 35 million passengers per year, it is the List of the busiest airports in Europe, 12th-largest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume, and the busiest single-runway airport in mainland Europe. It also carries approximately 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year. The airport is the main hub of Portugal's flag carrier TAP Air Portugal, including its subsidiary TAP Express, and is a hub for low-cost carriers Ryanair and easyJet. It is a focus city for Azores Airlines, euroAtlantic Airways, Hi Fly (airline), Hi Fly, and White Airways. It is a major hub for flights to and from South America, notably Brazil and Africa. The airport is run by the national airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, which in 2012 was granted under a 50-year-concession contract to the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EasyJet
EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlines EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe. The company employs circa 13,000 people, based throughout Europe but mainly in the UK. EasyJet plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Since its establishment in 1995, EasyJet has expanded through a combination of acquisitions, and base openings fuelled by consumer demand for low-cost air travel. The group, along with associate companies EasyJet UK, EasyJet Europe and EasyJet Switzerland, operates 321 aircraft. It has 29 bases across Europe, the largest being Gatwick. In 2022, the airline carried more than 69.7 million passengers, making it the second largest budget airline in Europe by number of passengers carried, behind Ryanair. Easy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeira Airport
Madeira Airport () , informally Funchal Airport (), formerly Santa Catarina Airport () and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira. The airport is located east-northeast of the regional capital, Funchal, after which it is sometimes informally named. It mostly hosts flights to European metropolitan destinations due to Madeira's importance as a leisure destination, and is pivotal in the movement of cargo in and out of the archipelago of Madeira. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Portugal, although in January 2025 it had surpassed Faro. The airport is named after footballer and Madeiran native Cristiano Ronaldo. During its renaming ceremony in 2017, the airport drew media notoriety for an infamous bust of Ronaldo unveiled at the ceremony, now replaced. The airport is considered one of the most peculiarly perilous airports in the world due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binter Canarias
Binter Canarias S.A. is the flag carrier of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands, based on the grounds of Gran Canaria Airport in Telde, Gran Canaria and Tenerife North Airport, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. It is a regional air carrier operating inter-island services within the Canary Islands, and other Atlantic islands, it also operates to the Spanish Mainland, Portugal and some Africans destinations. Affiliated airlines operate on behalf of Binter in services to Morocco, mainland Spain and Portugal. History Foundation and early years The airline was established on 18 February 1988 and started operations on 26 March 1989. It was formed as a subsidiary of Iberia. Binter Canarias began operations as a regional airline and is currently the only one to operate in the eight airports of the Canaries. Binter also operates connections with Marrakech, Dakar, Aaiun in Africa; Madeira, and Lisbon in Portugal; Sal in Cape Verde; and Vigo and Mallorca in Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
