According to the most recent report released by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, updated mid-morning, of the 1,472 flights scheduled throughout the country today, 658 have been cancelled.
This number of cancellations represents a 44.7% drop in the total number of planned flights, severely impacting key international connectivity routes and connections to the autonomous regions.
The airport management company notes, however, that almost all cancellations were processed in advance by the airlines, a measure that mitigated the impact on terminals by allowing passengers to be notified beforehand and rescheduled.
Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon is the airport most affected by the work stoppage. Of the 658 scheduled flights to the Portuguese capital, 408 were cancelled, resulting in an operational non-compliance rate of 62%.
The second-highest percentage impact was in the Azores Autonomous Region, specifically at Ponta Delgada Airport, where 41% of the 118 scheduled flights were cancelled by the carriers.
At the remaining airports on the mainland and the islands, cancellations were about one-third of usual activity. At Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, 108 of the 335 scheduled flights were cancelled (32%), while at Gago Coutinho Airport in Faro, 69 of the 228 scheduled flights were cancelled (30%).
In the Madeira Autonomous Region, the cancellation rate was 23% of the 102 scheduled flights. In terms of regional aviation in the Azores, the runways of Porto Santo, Horta and Santa Maria were operating without any cancellations, while the island of Flores recorded the cancellation of two air connections.
In terms of socio-professional representation, the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) issued a statement estimating the impact of the protest at 65% across all companies within its area of ​​representation.
The union details that of the 508 flights planned by these operators, 329 were cancelled, leaving 94 flights safeguarded under the minimum service agreement and 85 additional scheduled connections.
The SNPVAC leadership used the statement to issue a stern warning to airline management, emphasising that any interpretation of flights outside the agreed minimum services as abusive will be met with a harsh response, thereby jeopardising the viability of future institutional agreements.
