Beja Airport News

News about Beja Airport in the Alentejo province in Portugal.

Beja International Airport in 2012

Beja International Airport in 2012

The new Beja International Airport in the Alentejo region in Portugal is now open for less than a year. An impression what’s been happening in the meanwhile with a 2012 visit at Beja airport. Have a look.

 

First charter flight departs from Beja Airport

The first commercial charter flight departed from Beja Airport with destination Cape Verde this week. Read about this exceptional international flight among certification activities at the airport.

Aeromec invests 5 million in Beja Airport

Aeromec - a Portuguese based aircraft maintenance company - invests 5 million Euro in Beja Airport - Alentejo - Portugal. The deal - covering a period of 30 years - is announced by ANA, the Portuguese aviation authority. Aeromec occupies a hangar at Beja Airport for maintenance of wide body and narrow body aircrafts.

First direct charter flight from UK to Beja Airport

British Midland International (BMI) plans to operate weekly direct flights from UK Heathrow to Beja Airport in Portugal from 22 May 2011.

Beja airport first passengers in summer 2011

The initial certification phase of Beja Airport is completed. Adjustments are now being made in the military and civilian airport sections for the final civil airport certification expected in summer 2011 as announced by Jorge Pulido Valente to Radio Pax.

Read more about "Aeroporto de Beja poderá receber primeiros passageiros no próximo verão" on the Radio Pax website

 

Beja Airport alternative for extended airplane parking - Portugal

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. 

Possibly 3 new hangars at Beja Airport - Portugal

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."

Charter flights from Beja Airport from march 2011

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".

Portugal - First Alentejo Tourism Congress in Beja has started

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.

Location

Beja city in the Alentejo region in Portugal. 38° 0' 50.4612" N, 7° 51' 46.098" W

OGMA expresses interest in Beja Airport

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.

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