Oporto's International airport (Portugal) has undergone major rebuilding works. The renovating process has lasted for two years and will be almost completed by next year. It will be able to receive 6 million passangers a year, instead of the current 3 million.

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It's going to be great!
A beautifull new airport. Before this major rebuilding work the airport was not beautifull at all.


You can see the terminal under construction on the background of this photo.
http://photos.airliners.net/47bef0a618e3fe7756c7cd08e8ff5fca/41a745f3/middle/5/1/8/712815.jpg

Very nice :)

Soon this airport will be connected to the city centre by subway. Construction has already begun.

That will look awesome! :)

I think so too.

Imperador banned? Why?

Oporto recieves alot of British and German tourists, 6 million might not be enough in the peak season within the next few years.

Maybe, although I think it will only reach maximum capacity of 6m in ten years time.

Wonderful change. I was there 3 years ago and I can see the dif it will be.

:)

The passenger trafic in this airport was up by 10% in 2004, in relation to 2003, reaching almost 3 million passengers.

look very nice, hey guys what is the biggest airport in Portugal, and how much can that airport handled.

Cool, good for the tourist seasons.

This is the only photo I could find of the new airport. One can see part of the new terminal in the background.

Pedro Becken photo:

http://www.lppr.net/visitaeditadas/cs-tqd1812opo2.jpg

look very nice, hey guys what is the biggest airport in Portugal, and how much can that airport handled.

It's Lisbon's International Airport. . The 12 million will be reached by 2007-2009, so stacks will definetely became a problem very soon.

wow


it will look really awesome.


:okay:

The airport under construction (June 2004)

http://www.geocities.com/mpaulosantos2005/novoaeroporto.jpg

Some pics of the new airport still under construction in the background.

http://www.geocities.com/mpaulosantos2005/712815.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/mpaulosantos2005/767010.jpg

The terminal appears to be well connected by the overpasses.

A new highway will connect the airport to the city. Also under construction is the new porto subway connecting the airport to the city centre.

^ ?? Are you referring to the extension of the A4? That will not directly serve the airport...
Anyway, the airport is already very well connected, highway wise. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/Aeroporto_porto_estradas.jpg

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[QUOTE=Nephasto]^ ?? Are you referring to the extension of the A4? That will not directly serve the airport...
Anyway, the airport is already very well connected, highway wise. ;)


Not an extension, but a new highway link - Scut do Grande Porto - VRI - Sublanço nó do aeroporto / Ip4 - Nó de custódias.

and ...Scut do Grande Porto - VRI - Sublanço nó do aeroporto / Ip4 - Nó do aeroporto.
Expropriations have begun.

^I wasn't aware of the aiport connection.
That's cool! :)

Nice airport

^I wasn't aware of the aiport connection.
That's cool! :)

This connection will be completed by 2006.

Photos: Pedro Becken

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto1.jpg
http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto3.jpg
http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto6.jpg
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http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto10.jpg
http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto12.jpg

Finally the pics we've all been waiting for. Thanks Viriatox.

nice plans, looks way cool.

very nice airport terminal indeed. I like the design. What is the total floor area of that terminal and number of contact gates?

http://site-81.sols.pt/images/const_02_9.jpg

very nice airport terminal indeed. I like the design. What is the total floor area of that terminal and number of contact gates?

16 contact gates.

Looks nice I think this new terminal should handle capacity of 8 million passengers per year.
I can't ce 16 gates (air bridges), looks more like 14 gates, but even this is adequate looks nice...

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto2.JPG

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto13.JPG

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http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto14.JPG

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto8.JPG

Good photos!
Do you know when were they taken?

Good photos!
Do you know when were they taken?

Probably 2 months ago.

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wowwwww :eek:

Nice airport!
:eek:

Nice airport!
:eek:

YEAH!

Photos by Pedro Becken

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto9.JPG

The inauguration is soon.

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:uh: nice, excelent pics, we wont one like that in Lisbon :rant:

^Woww!!! :eek:

It's beautifull!!

Do you know when will the "fingers" to the planes be inaugurated?

^Woww!!! :eek:

It's beautifull!!

Do you know when will the "fingers" to the planes be inaugurated?

I think it'll be inaugurated at the end of this month.

Forgive me with my ignorance please but what country and city is this airport belongs to. Is it in Portugal? I am not sure if i understood it clearly... Very beautiful airport never the less. Thank you.

^^^did you read the thread?? :|

great pics by the way , thanks

Forgive me with my ignorance please but what country and city is this airport belongs to. Is it in Portugal? I am not sure if i understood it clearly... Very beautiful airport never the less. Thank you.

Yes, Oporto ou just Porto city is the second largest city in Portugal. Also famous for its @Port Wine industry.

looks nice. :)
I like the aerial

I think it'll be inaugurated at the end of this month.

I read today in Expresso that would be in the 15th of this month! Next saturday! :D
My father is going to fly from there on the 17th, so he should already embark using the fingers! :okay:

Yes, Oporto ou just Porto city is the second largest city in Portugal. Also famous for its @Port Wine industry.


Thank you very much for your kindness dear Sir...

New airport terminal officially inaugurated tomorrow.

Brand new Airport, opened yesterday!!


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PM

Looks very nice. I love the inside of the airport. It's beautiful !!

connection with light rail in a few months..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/TeKnO_Lx/TransporteseUrbanismo/aeroportoporto3.jpg

http://www.aviacao.net/becken/obraslppr/aeroporto2.JPG

this vast improvements wiil make Porto airport nº1 airport within North Portugal and Galicia region

:eek: Wooooowww very very nice! Congratulations :yes:

Not very big airport but I like it's design, very beautiful overall ....

Perfect, very nice, and beautiful..

Wonderful photos PM. Thanks for posting.

Great airport, just beautiful...

Photos by Pedro Becken:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/checco24/aeroporto1.jpg

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thys candelabrum is magnific :eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/checco24/aeroporto6.jpg

thys candelabrum is magnific :eek:

I think so too.

beautifull, some of the best airport architectura that I have seen recently.
for me looks kind of big for only 6 million / year.. I asume that more can be done with 16 positions....or is it that the airport demand is not that bie???

beautifull, some of the best airport architectura that I have seen recently.
for me looks kind of big for only 6 million / year.. I asume that more can be done with 16 positions....or is it that the airport demand is not that bie???

Demand is increasing rapidly at a rate of 6% per year. New routes and new airlines are expected to begin flying from and to Porto, especially the low- cost carriers.

yeah hopefully Porto will start getting more tourists, the city has a lot to offer.

yeah hopefully Porto will start getting more tourists, the city has a lot to offer.

You bet.

Not very big airport but I like it's design, very beautiful overall ....

Plans are to increase it in a decade or two.

Outstanding ! Beautiful ! It creates what I call real atmosphere of the airport. I must go there.

Greets

Very Nice and Modern! :okay:

It looks super awesome! I like it - parabems!

Outstanding ! Beautiful ! It creates what I call real atmosphere of the airport. I must go there.

Greets

Welcome!

It umbelievably beautiful, that last set of pictures left me :drool:

yeah hopefully Porto will start getting more tourists, the city has a lot to offer.

It already has, with the low cost flying airlines.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/Paulo_2004/aeroportonova.jpg

Portuguese airport to expand its schedule of low-cost flights

LISBON, Dec 6 (AFP) - The international airport in Oporto, Portugal's second-largest city, will expand its schedule of low-cost flights in 2006 with new routes to Cologne, Paris, Liverpool and Stuttgart, officials said Tuesday.

Dublin-based budget airline Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, will from February fly three times a week between Oporto and Liverpool in northern England and daily to the French capital, a company spokesman said.

The airline already offers flights between Oporto and London and Frankfurt and between Dublin and Faro, the capital of Portugal's southernmost province of Algarve.

Meanwhile German low-cost airline Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX), a unit of TUI, Europe's biggest tourism firm, said it will from March fly three times a week between Oporto and the German cities of Cologne and Stuttgart.

It is the airline's first routes to and from Portugal.

Since 2004 Oporto's Francisco Sa Carneiro airport has increased the amount of incentives it offers airlines that set up direct routes from the northern city.

Passenger traffic at the airport between during the first 10 months of 2005 totaled 2.67 million, a 4.4 percent increase over the same period last year, figures from aiport management company ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal show.

It is Portugal's third-busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers after leader Lisbon and Faro.

Portuguese airport to expand its schedule of low-cost flights

LISBON, Dec 6 (AFP) - The international airport in Oporto, Portugal's second-largest city, will expand its schedule of low-cost flights in 2006 with new routes to Cologne, Paris, Liverpool and Stuttgart, officials said Tuesday.

Keep them coming!

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU PAULO2004 - Keep them coming and please come to portela as well.

I thought you said 40 million capacity for Ota. http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?s=INPORT

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU PAULO2004 - Keep them coming and please come to portela as well.

I thought you said 40 million capacity for Ota. http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?s=INPORT

To Porto!!! OBVIOUSLY not to Lisbon. Only when Lisbon's expansion works are concluded, may it receive low cost airlines.

40 million??? What are you trying to get at???

This should be enough to keep you thinking, since you've always denied it and affirmed it wouldn't happen:

"In the meantime, the government has pledged to keep Lisbon’s current airport operational for the foreseeable future, injecting 400 million euros of investment over the next few years to take account of increasing passenger flow."

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Abraço, :cheers:

André Costa[/QUOTE]

lindoooo!

lindoooo!
I agree.

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Porto's subway station at the airport will be concluded during the summer of 2006.

Nice!

Beautiful. Awesome- looking airport!!

I love the interior! Awesome airport......

I love the interior! Awesome airport......

So do I. I sometimes go there just to appreciate its beautiful interior.

http://www.ana-aeroportos.pt/NR/rdonlyres/epom7zsgo4fubxm37fqsprig5dhoypdrd4xbkoemnzl3z5bgzy2wjxe47h7oxbivzjrkx6gfwb5n3bykdpro4ed5bqc/aeroPORTO02.jpg

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Subway line directly to the airport to be inaugurated soon.

when?

it's nothing new, the kind of modern airport you can find everywhere.
so dark inside

It's beautiful even if it's a copy of any other, which i kinda doubt... Portela's interiors are even darker, but it's an older airport.

I'm eager to be able to ride the subway so i can regularly visit this airport :)

it's nothing new, the kind of modern airport you can find everywhere.
so dark inside

Fly to Oporto, and you'll be amazed at how "dark" it is.

when?

soon. :)

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New Metro station at the airport: Photos by Nephasto.

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Other photos by Nephasto.

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Metro Station will open in May.

when?

May.

Interesting, what is the cost of building just the terminal?

Interesting, what is the cost of building just the terminal?

Almost 300 million euros.

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Visit: CASC (http://fotosdocasc.blogspot.com/)

See it all (from the REAL inside) att:

http://fotosdocasc.blogspot.com

(and please click some adds... )

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awesome pic ;) thanx for posting :)

awesome pic ;) thanx for posting :)

:D

Really well done!!!

great pics of an fitting enlargement!!! :yes:

Further pics by CASC
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Country Code: +351 ~ IDD Access Code: 00 ~ Time Zone: GMT+1 ~ Business Language: Portuguese
Oporto - Francisco SA Carneiro Airport (OPO/LPPR)

Porto Airport, Portugal, Pedras Rubras, P-4470-558 Maia


Tel: +351 22 943 24 00
Fax: +351 22 948 45 97
e-mail: oporto.airport@ana-aeroportos.pt
Website: www.ana-aeroportos.pt
SITA: OPOKAXH
AFTN: LPPRYDYA
Managing Director: Fernando Vieira
Operations Director: Rui Alves
Finance Manager: Maria de Gloria Oliveira
Marketing Manager: Cristina Abrunhosa
Air Traffic Controller: Pedro B Prata
Public Relations Manager: Rui Alves
Security Manager: BenjamiM Silva
Director: Fernando Martins Gaspar Vieira
Operator: ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal SA
Airport Data: International, Porto 11km (6miles), Position 41°14´08"N, 008°40´41"W, Elevation 69m (226ft), 24 hours, 1 Passenger Terminal, 1 Cargo Terminal, 35 Aircraft Stands

Traffic 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Passenger throughput 2,540,132 2,832,722 2,943,652 2,777,744 2,635,180 2,605,876 2,944,135
Cargo handled (tonnes) 33,045 36,734 44,027 36,210 34,397 27,764 27,025
Cargo handled (1000s lbs) 72,851 80,983 97,061 79,828 75,831 61,208 59,579
Aircraft movements 39,612 42,862 43,365 42,953 42,892 49,219 43,725

Airfield Data: Fire Category 8
Emergency Services: fire station and first aid treatment (local) hospitals (10 km)
Navigational Aids: NDB, DVOR/DME, ILS CAT II rwy 17, OM
Airfield Restrictions: None
Noise Restrictions: ACFT stage 3
Aircraft Maintenance: Minor repairs
Runway 1: Heading 17/35, 3,480m (11,417ft), PCN 80/F/C/W/T, ICAO Cat. 4E, Aircraft size max: B747-400, Rwy 17, ILS CATII/RW17, Lighting: threshold, edge end centre line, touchdown, Rwy 35, No ILS, Lighting: threshold, edge end centre line

Airlines Serving Airport: Air Berlin, Air France, Air Luxor, Air Nostrum LAMSA, Air Transat, Bulgaria Air, Condor Flugdienst, Croatia Airlines, EAT, GB Airways, Iberia, LTU Int´l, Lufthansa, Luxair, MagicBlue, Panair, Portugália, Ryanair, SATA - Air Açores, SNCargo, Spanair, Star Air, Swiftair, TACV-Cabo Verde, TAP-Air Portugal, TNT Airways, Ukraine Int´l

Cargo Facilities: Capacity 40,000tonnes (88,184,000lbs), Warehouse 8,700m² (93,646sq ft), Bonded Warehouse, Transit Zone, Domestic Cargo Only, EU Border Post, Mechanical Handling, Heated Storage, Air-Conditioned Storage, Refrigerated Storage, Deep Freeze Storage, Animal Quarantine, Fresh Meat Inspection, Health Officials, X-Ray Equipment, Security for Valuables, Dangerous Goods, Radioactive Goods, Very Large/Heavy Cargo, Express/Courier Centre, Handling Equipment: Loaders, fork-lifts, trolleys, belts etc
Customs Tel: +351 22 943 88 48Fax: +351 22 943 92 99
Op. Hours: 24 hours
Director: Paula Soares
Cargo Handling Agents: Portway Handling de Portugal SA, SPDH - Portugese Handling Services SA

Passenger Facilities: Annual Capacity 3,000,000, 60 check-in desks, 17 gates, 2 baggage claim belts, 1,500 short term parking spaces, 1,000 long term parking spaces, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Auto Exchange Machine, Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, Disabled Access/Facilities

Additional Information: The new Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport building has opened; passenger terminal area for departures (3rd Floor) is concluded. The construction of the ground floor, where all arrivals will be processed, has already begun. A new underground parking area with 2 levels (1000 spaces) is already in use, as is another at ground level (500 spaces).

nice photos Alemao ;)

Very nice design:D:D

looks very impresive, I like airport a lot :okay:

@ Daniel : You´re welcome!

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paulo the airport is full :rofl:

Very nice Terminal. Superb architectural/engineering detail. Who were the designers?

Subway line to this airport is inaugurated today.

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você tem fotos da inauguracão da extensaõ ao aeroporto?

^^Queremos fotinhos!!
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^^Queremos fotinhos!!
:yes:

Soon.

Soon.


Nós queremos fotografias!

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:uh: amazing interior!!

:uh: amazing interior!!

You bet.

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i'm putting this airport on my top list this moment!
Great new pics Paulo2004 :okay:

Great AIRPORT!!! REALLY BEAUTIFULL!!! Really like the new metro station!!! JUST GREAT!

Keep them coming.

Paulo thanks for share these photos :)

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Very nice photos!
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Muito obrigado!!
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Paulo thanks for share these photos :)

:okay:

Thanks for taking them.

Will it REALLY look like below??? Does anybody knows it?

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^^It is very similar to terminal B of Barcelona airport.^^
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the new one Bitxofo? :?

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Paulo2004
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Sebby37
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU PAULO2004 - Keep them coming and please come to portela as well.

I thought you said 40 million capacity for Ota. http://portugalresident.com/portuga...ry.asp?s=INPORT



To Porto!!! OBVIOUSLY not to Lisbon. Only when Lisbon's expansion works are concluded, may it receive low cost airlines.

40 million??? What are you trying to get at???

This should be enough to keep you thinking, since you've always denied it and affirmed it wouldn't happen:

"In the meantime, the government has pledged to keep Lisbon’s current airport operational for the foreseeable future, injecting 400 million euros of investment over the next few years to take account of increasing passenger flow."


I was under the impression that the Portuguese government have concluded studies and have agreed to go ahead with the NEW Lisbon International Airport and a suitable location has been selected??? Isnt the current Lisbon International Airport operating at its peak capacity of I believe 14 million? Please correct me if Im wrong....

EK413

The new Lisbon Airport is expected to open by 2016. The current airport (Portela) has already exceeded his limit of 10 million pax/year. This year the Portela Airport should handle up to 11 million pax. The situation is very critical because the airport is working over his limits. Every year that comes new airlines want to open new routes to Lisbon and they can't due to lack of space. That's why they are going to inject 400 million euros to upgrade the terminal while the new airport is not ready.

The new Lisbon Airport is expected to open by 2016. The current airport (Portela) has already exceeded his limit of 10 million pax/year. This year the Portela Airport should handle up to 11 million pax. The situation is very critical because the airport is working over his limits. Every year that comes new airlines want to open new routes to Lisbon and they can't due to lack of space. That's why they are going to inject 400 million euros to upgrade the terminal while the new airport is not ready.

Thanks for explaining it to EK413 Fred.

Very nice Terminal. Superb architectural/engineering detail. Who were the designers?
Soares da Costa. Is the company who built Porto's airport, and probably designed it also. ( Soares da Costa, SGPS )

Soares da Costa. Is the company who built Porto's airport, and probably designed it also. ( Soares da Costa, SGPS )

True.

today, Porto International Airport has been considered the best airport in Europe and one of the best of the World. This choice was made by people all over the world. Its a great new for the airport, for Porto, and for Portugal!

That's wonderful news for the Porto airport, the best in Europe and one of the best in the World. I love Porto.

Just a question, who considers it "the best in Europe?" Which group/agency has posted a list of rankings?

:?

What is the Opoto`s population? It looks very nice, diferent to mexican`s airport, becuase a airport of 3`000,000 pax doesnt carry intercontiental flights. Just three airport have intercontiental flights, MEX, MTY and CUN. Tijuana (TIJ) carries almost 4`000,000 pax and the next month, Aeromexico will open a new flight to Tokyo (Narita). It will be our first intercontinetal flight. Thats the reason I like Europe. Excellent airport.

^^ Rojo ^^

Porto Urban Area around 1.7 million ppl. Porto region around 2million ppl

but like you know... an airport dont only serve the city. there are more than 6million people living less than 2hours by car. so the "area of influence" of this airport is +6million ppl. There also exists people from Lisbon (3hours by car) that come to Porto to fly in some flights. but the same thing happens in oposite way, there are people from porto flying in some lisbon's flights, too.

The airport is brand new and its in expansion till now. There will be 60 "mangas" (things that transport people from airplane to terminal and vice-versa), and the airport will be prepared to receive a maximum of 16million passengers per year when 100% completed.

nowadays there are 50 direct flights from this airport and will grow to more than 100 for sure. 12 of these direct flights cross the atlantic. ;)

here´s the map of direct flights: europe is full covered. if i want to fly to los angeles, tokyo or luanda, then i must fly in two planes. im curious about the next direct flights of porto international, aswell as the new low cost flights.

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be happy! you have seen my fingers! it isnt for everyone dude! :lol: ehehehehe

Just a question, who considers it "the best in Europe?" Which group/agency has posted a list of rankings?

:?

Interview to people about their satisfaction of many airports all over the world. questions about many aspects of the airports like efficiency, etc. not any unique agency or something like that. general opinions in fact ;)

watchathinkabouthisairport? :D have you ever flied to Porto International? :)

It is a big difference between mexican economy and european economy. In Mexico, almost all aiports dont have "mangas", we dont have 60 positions for a city that the population isnt over the 2 million. The biggest aiport in Mexico is Mexico City, I think with 50 positions plus the new terminal with 24 more, but it is the 2nd biggest city of the world. Tijuana has just 16 positions (12 of 16 are "mangas"), the population in all the metropolitan zone is almost 2 million, we carry 2 million plus San Diego, US, because they dont have flights to Mexico and also, all the Baja California state. Awesome and good for you.

You should visit the Mexican`s thread, you will find a thread for the more importants airports of Mexico, the airport is in each city. Maybe you can understand, portugues is similar to spanish.

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The airport is brand new and its in expansion till now. There will be 60 "mangas" (things that transport people from airplane to terminal and vice-versa), and the airport will be prepared to receive a maximum of 16million passengers per year when 100% completed.
nowadays there are 50 direct flights from this airport and will grow to more than 100 for sure. 12 of these direct flights cross the atlantic. ;)


Interesting, is there any data when this will be ready (100%)?

The airport is brand new and its in expansion till now. There will be 60 "mangas" (things that transport people from airplane to terminal and vice-versa), and the airport will be prepared to receive a maximum of 16million passengers per year when 100% completed.

60 mangas?!
I finda that number really hard to believe.

Just a question, who considers it "the best in Europe?" Which group/agency has posted a list of rankings?

:?

Airports Council International

http://www.ana.pt/portal/page/portal/ANA/PAGINA_CONTINUIDADE_IMPRENSA/?cboui=4731400&IMP_CT=4731400

Um recente estudo apresentado pela ACI (Airport Council International), organização que representa os interesses dos Aeroportos a nível mundial, baseado na opinião dos passageiros, considerou o Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro como o melhor aeroporto da Europa, na avaliação de passageiros domésticos, e como o 4º melhor na avaliação feita pelos passageiros internacionais.

^You should put that in english so that people could read it.
This is an international forum.

NEPHASTO, i also think dificult to have 60. but i read that somewhere. like you now, each "manga" have two entrances. maybe its only 30 "mangas", each one with two entrances. the next time i'll go to airport i'll ask them (if you dont ask before, you're living nearer than me :D uhuhuhuhu)

ROJO. yeah i know in Mexico is different. but there something you might know... Portugal population distribution and quantity of cities are totally different from Mexico. In Portugal you find many, and many, and many small and medium sized cities and towns everywhere. you have the two main urban centres of porto and lisbon, but all the country is covered with so many towns. In Mexico is different. you have such big metropolis and then there exists a loooooot of square km of nothing where no one lives. So, besides Porto region (+- 2million ppl living there), this airport servs more population out of the region, this airport serves population of regions that have NO airport. (including some towns at north of spain). basicaly, there are more than 7million people living less that 2 hours by car, to the airport. this airport influence area is +- a area where 7million people lives. its why the airport is so "wow" :lol: we only have 3 international airports in continental Portugal, and 2 more in portuguese islands of madeira and azores ;)

^You should put that in english so that people could read it.
This is an international forum.

:scouserd: :sleepy:

Um recente estudo apresentado pela ACI (Airport Council International), organização que representa os interesses dos Aeroportos a nível mundial, baseado na opinião dos passageiros, considerou o Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro como o melhor aeroporto da Europa, na avaliação de passageiros domésticos, e como o 4º melhor na avaliação feita pelos passageiros internacionais

A recent study made by ACI (Airport Council International), an organization which represents worldwide airport interests, based on passager´s opinion, has considered Oporto airport has the best in Europe, regarding avaliation of domestic passengers and the 4best in evaluation of international passengers

Daniel Portugal, thank you for your information, I already understand.

today, Porto International Airport has been considered the best airport in Europe and one of the best of the World. This choice was made by people all over the world. Its a great new for the airport, for Porto, and for Portugal!


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^^ uhuuuuuuuuu :D :pepper: :carrot: :banana: :cucumber: :D ehehehe

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what wonderfull photos! :applause: thanx! ;)

Does it has grass on the railways???
Is it common in Europe?

yes it is, on above ground lines. they construct the lines, and then roll over a carpet of grass in the left, middle and rigth side of the lines. when the lines go underground ofcourse there isn't grass :D

its a good way to make the cities more green, and its also awesome to see the metro sliding on a green carpet :D

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^^ Great picture filipe :okay:

oh wow! looks great in those pictures!

great photo filipe :)

Indeed, great photo.

oh wow! looks great in those pictures!

always :)

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Just discovered this post...a bit late :(
But even so, I am impressed! This has got to be one of the most beautiful airports in the world!

Moe
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