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Portugal Golf Holidays – Ryanair debuts in Madeira with new base and ten routes, including Lisbon and Porto

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Ryanair debuts in Madeira with new base and ten routes, including Lisbon and Porto

Ryanair debuts in Madeira with new base and ten routes, including Lisbon and Porto

Low cost carrier announces its arrival in Funchal. Flights are expected to start in the summer of 2022 and may revolutionise prices in the Madeiran airline market.

And finally, 18 years after its debut in Portugal, the aircraft carrier of low-cost flights will arrive at the major Portuguese airport it was missing, Funchal, which will be a new operational base for the company from March. In Madeira, Ryanair will start with ten routes, with five new direct destinations and 40 weekly frequencies, highlighting the connections to Lisbon, with two daily flights, and Porto, with one daily flight.

Among the routes guaranteed and already available on the company’s website, in addition to domestic connections, are Marseille, Manchester, London Stansted, Milan Bergamo, Brussels Charleroi, Dublin, Nuremberg and Paris Beauvais. The debut prices, which should take place in March 2022, start at 29.99 euros per leg, it is announced in the campaign activated in the meantime: tickets for the routes are already on sale for spring-summer.

The investment announced is US$200 million (¤178 million, essentially linked to the value of the aircraft), with the creation of “over 60 direct jobs in the region and over 400 indirect jobs”, said Ryanair in a statement. The operation should guarantee 350,000 new seats, a potential 22 percent increase in passenger transport. According to the company, the Madeiran base will have two aircraft positioned.

The details were revealed at a press conference at Cristiano Ronaldo Airport, attended by Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson, and also attended by the Minister of Economy, Siza Vieira, Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Regional Government of Madeira, and Thierry Ligonnière, CEO of ANA Aeroportos de Portugal/Vinci.

Until now, Funchal–Lisbon flights were only guaranteed by TAP and Easyjet. The two companies also operate the Funchal–Porto connection, in this case competing also with Transavia.

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Portugal golf holidays – Portugal with new air routes in the summer

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Portugal with new air routes in the summer

Portugal with new air routes

Ryannair is an important partner for the development of tourism in Portugal and so the Tee Times Golf Agency considers these new routes of great importance, as the frequency of flights is vital to encourage travelers, especially golfers both for the Algarve and for Lisbon.

Operating already in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Ponta Delgada and Terceira (Lajes) airports, Ryanair announced that two new routes, Lisbon-Cologne (Germany), with two weekly flights, and Faro-Belfast (Northern Ireland), with daily flights, will be included in their new summer programme, plans to operate a total of 121 routes in Europe and 595 flights during the high season.

For Ryanair, this is an optimistic message of hope and confidence in the return of trips for this summer being favourable with the European Union’s proposal for the creation of “green certificates” that allow citizens of the Member States to travel between the different countries during the summer, although, they think that should not be a discriminatory factor among voyagers.

Ryanair currently operates at 240 airports, has 77 bases in 40 countries and expects to receive more than 200 new Boeing aircraft in the coming years.

Madeira, Lisbon and Algarve win at World Travel Awards 2020

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World Travel Awards 2020

Madeira, Lisbon and Algarve

Portugal shone at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020, considered the Oscars of Tourism and which once again distinguished Madeira as the best island destination, Lisbon as the best city break destination and the Algarve as the best beach destination in the world.

“Overcoming all constraints, we have preserved the reputation and notoriety of our destinations”, welcomes Rita Marques, Secretary of State for Tourism, considering that Portugal has shown the world that it is “a safe country, ready to welcome everyone”.

The World Travel Awards have been awarded annually, since 1993, by professionals in the sector on a worldwide scale, distinguishing the work developed in the tourism industry in order to stimulate the competitiveness and quality of tourism.

In addition to the prizes won by Madeira, Lisbon and Algarve, Portugal won 14 more prizes at the WTA2020 world gala:

– World’s Leading Luxury Leisure Resort 2020 – Conrad Algarve

– World’s Leading Tourism Development Project 2020 – Dark Sky Alqueva, Portugal and Spain

– World’s Leading Golf & Villa Resort 2020 – Dunas Douradas Beach Club, Portugal

– World’s Leading Wine Region Hotel 2020 – L’AND Vineyards, Portugal

– World’s Leading Adventure Tourist Attraction 2020 – Passadiços do Paiva (Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark), Portugal

– World’s Leading Classic Hotel 2020 – Olissippo Lapa Palace Hotel, Portugal

– World’s Leading Conservation Company 2020 – Parks of Sintra – Monte da Lua, Portugal

– World’s Leading Airline to Africa 2020 – TAP Air Portugal

– World’s Leading Airline to South America 2020 – TAP Air Portugal

– World’s Leading Inflight Magazine 2020 – Up Magazine (TAP Air Portugal)

– World’s Leading City Break Destination 2020 – Lisbon, Portugal

– World’s Leading Beach Destination 2020 – The Algarve, Portugal

– World’s Leading Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant 2020 – Vila Joya Hotel Restaurant Vila Joya, Portugal

– World’s Leading Island Destination 2020 – Madeira Islands