TAP had the worst punctuality record in the world last year with almost half of its flights arriving behind schedule.
According to data provided to Bloomberg by OAG, an aviation consulting firm, last year, 43.4% of TAP flights arrived at their destination with a delay of more than 15 minutes.
Portugal's post-Brexit contingency plans are to be made public late in January but some accuse the government of being behind on its planning, especially if the UK crashes out with no EU agreement in place.
Portuguese Foreign Minister, Augusto Santos Silva, said on December 23, last year, "We are prepared for the scenario of non-agreement, but not 100% because we can never be prepared at 100%."
Portugal’s nighttime temperatures are to remain very low until the end of the week with some regions hitting minus 5°C.
The nights will be very cold but the days will be cheerier, with maximums as high as 18°C, according to the weather service.
The residents of Vila Real de Santo António are bracing themselves for water supply price hikes after the Council signed away the water supply and sanitation services to a private company.
As from January 1st, 2019, Aquapor will control water and sewage services in this eastern Algarve Council with a budget of over €52 million.
The Algarve's hotels and registered guest houses logged a 9.3% increase in British visitors last December, compared to the same period of 2017.
The regional hoteliers’ association said this is a positive sign for the sector, as it has been the British that have been depressing the figures throughout 2018.
Football team manager, José Mourinho, has rejected an offer to return to Benfica as its new head coach.
The sacked Manchester United manager is said to feel that it is too early to return to Portuguese football at this stage of his career.
A major has described to a Sintra court how a long-running scam by those running Portuguese Air Force messes involved kickbacks from food suppliers that later were distributed by those personnel involved, including high-ranking officers.
Rogério Martinho, currently a major in the reserve, was the first defendant to testify at the trial resulting from Operation Zeus that has called 68 defendants, 30 of whom are in the military. A further 38 defendants are individuals or civilians working for suppliers.
José de Sousa Cintra, the self-made millionaire who thought he would 'have a go' at the oil and gas business, has seen his €5 million claim against the State rejected in court.
The case revolved around Sintra’s bizarre activities after mysteriously being granted oil and exploration rights across most of the Algarve’s onshore territory. His company, Portufuel, broke so many rules that even the pro-oil socialist government was forced to suspend the company's two concession contracts and called a halt to any further exploration activity.
