ANA Aeroportos de Portugal – Lisbon Airport

ULCC Ryanair has threatened to reduce capacity in Portugal amid a dispute over airport fee increases.

The ULCC will operate 12 routes to the airport but its base will remain closed.

The carrier’s summer schedule will include more transatlantic frequencies.

Boston, São Paulo and Caracas are among the destinations gaining additional flights.

The startup plans to fly between Germany and holiday destinations.

Full restoration of its 2019 network is within sight.

The LCC will station three additional Airbus A321neos in the Portuguese capital, as well as opening more than a dozen new routes.

New services to Lisbon and Belgrade are planned.

The slot gains come as the carrier readjusts capacity because of staffing issues.

The Luanda-Lisbon route has high passenger demand, according to TAAG.

The carrier’s newly wet-leased narrowbody is a signal that the airline’s executives see strong summer demand.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

A string of new services have been added from bases including Marseille, Turin and Malaga.

The decision affects flights to destinations in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK among others.

A tender has opened for access to 18 daily slots being relinquished by TAP Air Portugal in Lisbon—but Ryanair has criticized the proposed timeframe of the slot transfer, calling for action to be taken ahead of the summer 2022 season.

Bilbao, Lisbon and Verona are among the new destinations set to launch this summer.

The Montreal-based carrier is relaunching international flights from Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.

Transatlantic flying, largely shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, has long been a critical component of TAP’s business.

From summer 2022 the LCC will operate more routes from Madeira than any other airline.

France’s flag-carrier becomes the third European airline to operate the aircraft type alongside airBaltic and Swiss.

The airline has outlined a number of routes to be restarted or expanded in terms of frequencies.

SkyUp will rival Wizz Air for traffic between the capitals of Ukraine and Portugal.

The carrier is looking to increase connecting capabilities while reducing seasonal variations to ultimately improve aircraft utilization.

The route is one of four launched by TAP Air Portugal to destinations in North Africa.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.