Airplane suffers flap breakdown and triggers Madeira Airport prevention plan
A plane from Jersey (50 245), operated by the French airline ASL, landed at Madeira Airport at 9:10 pm after circling around Santa Cruz due to an abnormality in...
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Burger King opens at Airport
Burger King has opening its 3rd branch on the island, at the arrivals area in the Airport.
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Airport problems start
3 planes at the moment are trying to land, including the BA London Gatwick flight.
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Gusts up to 80 km / h near Madeira Airport cause constraints on air operation
Heavy wind near Madeira Airport is causing some disruption to the air operation, although the first three flights of the day, two from TAP from Porto and Lisbon...
Some Better Weather News
The weather is still forecast bad for the rest of today especially with the rough seas and wind.
But looking at some of the sites I use Windy. Com is showing...
Bad weather on the East affecting flights.
The rain has really set in this side and has got as far as Caniço, visibility is very low and I think this is the main problem for flights at the moment.
TAP...
easyJet Lisbon returns to mainland
Looking at the weather sites it looks pretty impossible for anything to land today.
easyJet Lisbon didn't even attempt to land and has turned round and now h...
Burger King Arrives at Madeira Airport
Good news for all those on the East Side of the island who sometimes crave a bit of junk food, but don't want to make the journey to Funchal.
Burger King wil...
MOVEMENT AT AIRPORT NORMALIZES AFTER CANCELLATION OF 14 FLIGHTS
The improved weather conditions at Madeira Airport in the afternoon allowed the landing of five airplanes after wind and poor visibility caused 14 calls to be c...
Poor visibility causing some problems at Airport.
Poor visibility at the airport is causing some flights to circle at the moment waiting for better conditions to land.
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Police incident at Madeira Airport
A police officer was found with gunshot wounds in the courtyards of the PSP fleet at Madeira Airport.
The 40-year-old officer was not on duty and went to the...
Curtain of cloud diverts flights
The airport has just about hot back to normal after this mornings chaos.
There were six flights this morning diverted from Madeira International Airport , du...
Madeira airport with high precision wind measurement equipment
NAV installs two high-precision wind measurement equipment in the Madeira Airport area.
Madeira Airport will be the only one in the country, and one of the few...
Airport performs emergency simulation tonight
The Madeira Airport will stage this evening, from 22:30 an emergency exercise, taking place in the public area of departures, floor 1 that will involve variou...
Flights landing today
The wind was still blowing strong at the airport this morning with low cloud and drizzle, but do far all flights have landed. I think the wind has shifted direc...
SEVERAL PLANES WAITING TO LAND IN MADEIRA
At this moment there are 4 planes that are waiting to land at Madeira International Airport, where the wind continues gusty on the eastern end of the Island. Th...
Flights landing but with problems.
The wind at the airport in Madeira is causing some problems with the flights and many are in a holding pattern waiting to land, but the good news is all flights...
Wind increase prevents flights from landing again
The expected increase in wind which looks set to continue into the night, is preventing two flights from Landing at the Airport at the moment.
A number of fl...
TAP PLANE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ‘OPEN’ AND MAKES FIRST LANDING OF THE DAY AT MADEIRA AIRPORT
The flight TP 1699, coming from Lisbon, is the first to land at the airport today.
The TAP plane, which landed at 9:32 am, took advantage of an 'open' and ma...
Strong wind cancels 19 flights at Madeira Airport
Between mid-afternoon yesterday and today's dawn 19 flights between arrivals (10) and departures (9) were canceled at Madeira International Airport, once again,...
Gusts up to 72 km / h prevented landings in Madeira for 3 hours
The strong wind that this afternoon hit the eastern end of Madeira, as predicted by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, in the last hours came t...
Gold Car Scandal-Worst Car Hire Company in Europe
So who still books with Gold Car ? I guess people who don't read my blog.
Gold Car have just been voted the Worst Car Hire Company in Which? survey.
Goldcar h...
