New air route to Sardinia!

There is already a new direct air link between Cagliari (the capital of Sardinia) and Oporto. This route is being operated by Ryanair and it is one of the new routes associated with the launch of the Oporto Ryanair hub.

There will be weekly flights linking these two cities every Monday and Thursday. This will be a relevant step to promote tourism, both in Sardinia and Oporto. The Sardinia tourism association already launched a campaign to attract tourists from Oporto.

A significant improvement to connect Oporto to other European cities, namely Italian cities.

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6 new destinations from Oporto – Ryanair 2019

The Irish low-cost airline company, Ryanair, has announced 6 new destinations from Oporto airport in summer 2019. The new airports that will have a direct connection from Oporto are: Seville, Alicante, Brive, Cagliari, Marrakech and Venice (Treviso). According to the CEO of Ryanair, Michael O´Leary, this expansion is part of the 100 million euros investment that Ryanair intends to do in Portugal during 2019 and that involves also, 3 new destinations for Lisbon and 3 for Faro.

In total, there are now 57 routes being operated by Ryanair from Oporto airport and some of those have been reinforced quite recently.

Overall, these are goods news for Oporto, as the city becomes closer to other important tourist destinations, increasing its attractiveness!!!

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More flights Oporto to Casablanca

The airline Royal Air Maroc announced a reinforcement of its Oporto operation. Starting from the 1st April 2019, there will be 6 weekly flights between Casablanca and Oporto with B738 airplanes. Flights are being scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Additionally, Ryanair is also planning to start flying this Autumn to Marrakech with flights every Thursdays and Sundays.

In global, there should be more flight connections between Oporto and Morocco in 2019. Clearly, an opportunity to increase the tourist coverage of Oporto …

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New Ryanair route: Oporto – Seville

Ryanair announced another route between Oporto and Spain. This is another clear improvement in direct connections to Spain, bringing together Portuguese and Spanish workers and tourists.

From October 2018, there should be three weekly flights between these big cities. According to a press note, tickets are expected to be available for purchase from March.

This just shows that Oporto is becoming a more popular destination all over Europe and that more new routes from other carriers should be unveiled soon!!

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Oporto airport reaches 10 million mark!

The Francisco Sá Carneiro airport, located in Oporto, reached and overtook the 10 million passengers mark in 2017. More routes, more companies and more passengers! Oporto is fast becoming a top tourist destination and numbers do confirm that trend!!

2018 is expected to be an even better year with new direct routes to New York, Toronto and Malta. Additionally, in 2018, Ryanair will set up a new hub at Oporto and this should boost even further the number of passengers coming to the airport. To meet these additional challenges, the Oporto airport is planning to invest heavily in new infrastructure in order to create the best conditions to accommodate the additional load!! In this scenario, you can only expect better and better services and facilities when flying in!!

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