Portela Airport

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Portela Airport (pron. IPA: [puɾ'tɛlɐ]) is located in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal and is the largest airport in Portugal and the main international and domestic gateway. It is one of the largest airports in southern Europe, behind Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain. The airport is sometimes called Lisbon Airport, due to its location. It has two main runways, capable of accommodating large aircraft the size of a Boeing 747. In 2002 the airport handled nearly 10 million passengers but only 81,027 tonnes of cargo. It is a major European hub, and the main base of TAP Portugal and Portugalia . The airport is run by Aeroportos de Portugal.

History

Portela Airport was opened on 15 October, 1942, with four 1,000 metre runways. It quickly expanded, with the lengthening of the runways and the new terminal building construction. It also expanded its parking facilities to allow more aircraft movements (110,437 in 2002).

The airport is now completely surrounded by urban occupation, being one of the few airports in Europe located inside a major city. This has led to a national debate on whether to maintain the present location or to build a new airport. As of 2006, Ota, 50 km North of Lisbon, is indicated as the place for a new airport.

Airlines

Passenger

Aer Lingus (Dublin)
Aerocondor (Vila Real, Bragança, Paris)
Air Berlin (Palma de Mallorca)
Air Europa (Palma de Mallorca)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air Luxor (Bissau, São Tome)
Air Malta (Luqa)
Air Moldova (Chişinău)
Air Transat (Montreal, Toronto)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
Centralwings (Warsaw)
Continental Airlines (Newark)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
easyJet (Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, London-Luton, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Futura International Airways (Barcelona)
Germanwings (Cologne, Stuttgart)
Hifly
Iberia (Madrid, Malaga, Valencia, Seville)
KLM (Amsterdam)
KrasAir (Moscow-Domodedovo, Krasnoyarsk)
LAM (Maputo)
LTE International Airways (Barcelona)
LTU International (Düsseldorf)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
Luxor (Santa Maria (Sal))
Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick)
Niki (Palma de Mallorca)
Portugália (A Coruña, Basel-Mulhouse, Bilbao, Bologna, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester (UK), Marseille, Milan, Nice, Pamplona, Porto, Stuttgart, Tullouse, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Zurich)
Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
SAS Braathens (Oslo)
SATA International (Madeira, Ponta Delagada)
Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen)
Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
TAAG (Luanda)
TACV (Santa Maria (Sal))
TAP Portugal (Amsterdam, Angra do Heroismo, Barcelona, Brussels, Budapest, Bissau, Caracas, Copenhagen, Dakar, Faro, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Funchal, Horta, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Luanda, Luxembourg, Macau (Seasonal), Madrid, Maputo, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Natal, Newark, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Porto, Porto Santo, Prague, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, Santa Maria (Sal), Salvador, São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Tome, Stockholm-Arlanda, Terceira, Venice, Zurich)
Tunisair (Tunis)
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
Ukraine International Airlines (Kiev)
US Airways (Philadelphia [seasonal])
Virgin Express (Brussels)
Vueling (Madrid, Barcelona)
White (Madrid, Barcelona, Paris-Orly)

Cargo

TAP Cargo
TNT Express
Fedex
DHL Airways
UPS
Groundforce
Portway

External links

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