Five flights diverged during the morning due to poor visibility at Madeira Airport

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Flights are still finding it difficult to land.

3 flights at the moment are trying to land including the flight from Copenhagen that diverted this morning to Porto Santo.

The other two flights are from Zurich and Berlin.

 

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  2. Staying at the A,batroz very nice hotel. Just seen a plane land. 25 years we have been coming and this is our last as our timeshare runs out this year so we will always remember our last visit to the island.

    1. Sheila, This doesn’t need to be the last time. Please think again before saying this was your last visit to Madeira. We have three weeks accommodation at Christmas, weeks 50/51/52 with two Time Share/ Hotel Groups. Over the last three years we have increased our visits to include February, April, June, and October. Usually for two week stays. During these extra holidays we have stayed at private apartments booked through Bookings.com and the occasional owner we know. The last six occasions we have stayed B & B at a small, 18 rooms, four stars Hotel close to the Casino. OK, we haven’t a forty foot chandelier in reception, and there’s only one lift but this is made up by the staff, friendly and helpful. They book my car from the airport, if I want an ironing board or extra coat hangers just ask. We have a good sized room, comfortable bed, everything we want in the bathroom, a balcony, small pool, hot buffet breakfast. The cost, a dam sight less than the maintenance of the Time Shares. I have paid, depending on the time of year, from 58 Euros up to 66 Euros. We have friends who have handed back their Time Share weeks now and are using hotels because of what they save, something I am thinking about after this Christmas. Also it gives you a flexibility with flights, it’s quite possible by staying for 16/17 days to find flights where the difference in cost, by not being tied to 14 days, pays for two or three nights accommodation. I’ve searched the net for flights, found a cheap one, emailed my hotel and booked accommodation all within 30 minutes. It’s no harder than booking your Time Share. Doesn’t have to stop at 25 years.

      1. George Nabbs
        Complete agree with you . But sometimes it is the live circumstances of people changes everything and add up with what is happening in UK it is sad that maybe some people will find difficult to come for a long time . I go to Madeira to see mother and hiking but one day when she goes I don’t know if I will be going like I do.

        1. I agree that individual circumstances change and in the present economic climate it’s hard to know what is around the corner financially but the point I was making is that whilst Time Share maintenance fees have gone up, service and facilities have gone down, particularly by the largest and oldest operator. Most Time Share Owners are effectively locked in with no financial value in their remaining weeks, try selling the remains of your contract, this caused by the lack of competition and as I have pointed out the value of the room rates of the smaller hotels. If I hadn’t purchased my three weeks to cover Christmas, I would have walked away from two of my three weeks a few years ago, as maintenance fees which are standard throughout the year would more than cover most smaller Hotel accommodation, except for the high season, for three weeks or more.

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