Beja Airport News

The possibility to park commercial airplanes at Beja Airport as an alternative to extended parking at the congested Portela Airport in Lisbon has been discussed by the ANA with the Portuguese Air Force. 

According to Leonel Horta Ribeiro, director of strategy and marketing of ANA, White Airways, MESA - Maintenance Engineering Services for Aircraft and EuroAtlantic Airways are the three companies interested in installing hangars at Beja Airport and with which the ANA will contractually "as soon as possible" and that negotiations may soon "reach a conclusion."

During the first Alentejo Tourism Congress in Beja city, Portugal, on Friday the 26th of March 2010, Horta Leonel Ribeiro, director of strategy and marketing of ANA, claimed;

"We're making great efforts to provide charter flight operations in the summer of 2011 by the International Air Transport Association running from March to October".

The first Alentejo Tourism Congress in Portugal, has started on the 26th of March 2010, in the city of Beja in the heart of the Alentejo. Organized by Turismo do Alentejo, the Congress, has 850 registered participants with 35 speakers spread over six panels. The congress runs until Saturday, the 27th, in the Municipality Theatre Pax Julia.

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ANA - Airports of Portugal invited all aircraft maintenance companies certified by the National Institute of Civil Aviation to submit proposals for investment in Beja Airport infrastructure.
Jorge Alvarez, head of the Beja Airport integration project at ANA, indicated that OGMA in Portugal already contacted ANA.

At the meeting held yesterday organized in Beja by the ANA - Airports of Portugal - with entrepreneurs in the region, municipalities and other entities, it became clear that "the alternative to air freight at Beja airport only needs to be assessed after it's clear whether it is or not worth it. "

Pulido Valente, Mayor of Beja, took the opportunity last week, during a meeting organized by GADE, to stress that Beja is experiencing a unique "moment of opportunity".

Government planning for 2010-2013 prioritizes the commercial exploitation of Beja Airport.

Beja Airport is one of the subjects to be discussed in a cycle of thematic meetings organized by GADE - the Economical Development Support Office of Baixo Alentejo. The debate takes place on the 27th of January in the auditorium of the Municipality of Beja.

The city of Beja will be the stage of the First Alentejo Tourism Congress organized by Turismo do Alentejo, ERT on 26 and 27 March. Among many other subjects, the impact of Beja airport on local tourism is discussed.