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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote port princess Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27/June/2020 at 11:04
Not the news I was hoping for or the Portuguese for that matter they need the people to come hope things change soon.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JuliejH Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27/June/2020 at 14:40
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8464769/Families-book-summer-getaways-air-bridges-open-travel-operators-slash-prices-70.html

May all be ok to fly , let’s hope
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cubsur Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29/June/2020 at 17:41
Lots more flights due in at Faro on Wednesday, 21 I count up until 1725 there may be more. That's more than double today and tomorrow.

From UK - 5
France - 2
Germany - 6
Luxembourg - 1
Belgium - 1 (but there will be three tomorrow)
Ireland - 2
Holland - 2
Switzerland - 1
Lisbon - 1
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For those of you who are interested, Easyjet are releasing flights from 1st June 2021 - 30th September 2021 next Thursday (16th July). ✈
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cubsur Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/July/2020 at 08:51
Faro is now receiving around 35 flights a day. Around a third today are operated by Ryanair.

That's welcome, but still way short of the same time last year. There are still none from the Scandinavian countries, Canada, Russia, Poland, Austria, etc.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bob d Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/July/2020 at 10:02
Yesterday’s flight from Belfast had 98 passengers. Slowly slowly. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jock Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11/July/2020 at 20:13
I hope the man is right. Time will tell.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Andrew Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12/July/2020 at 08:44
Originally posted by bob d bob d wrote:

Yesterday’s flight from Belfast had 98 passengers. Slowly slowly. 

Bob, was this a standard Boing 737 with a usual capacity of 150’ give or take?
If so it was circa two thirds full, we’ve flow many times in the good old days with the plane less full than that so that’s positive.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bob d Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12/July/2020 at 10:00
Yes Andrew. I thought it was very positive too. 

I feel very safe here. 

Everyone I come across are doing what is asked of them. 

Even the taxis are maximum 2 people only. That is why poor Cubsur had to walk home the other night. Ha. 😆😆😆😆

A lot of people ask about paying with cash. No problem, cash is still king and when handing over cash to our driver he sprayed it with sanitiser along with our hands. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cubsur Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12/July/2020 at 15:18
"That is why poor Cubsur had to walk home the other night. Ha. 😆😆😆😆"

Did me good. I slept well.

I was told at first hand that only a 'few' of Albufeira's taxi drivers accept card payments. Obviously the majority are wishing to reduce their tax bill.

Still no flights into Faro from Scandinavia. One benefit that can be seen from the reduction in air traffic is that there very few flight delays.
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Scandinavia ...  First flight in from Copenhagen .. sunday morning.. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jock Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16/July/2020 at 12:13
Noticed an odd thing on flightradar24. It shows several Jet2 flights today including 1 to Faro but Edinburgh Airport destination board shows none. I think Jet2 pulled their Scottish flights for July when Scot Gov announced it's quarantine rules.  Must be working from old lists.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cubsur Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17/July/2020 at 08:14
Flight Radar sometimes does that I have noticed.

Good news that friends from Denmark are now able to come. Their government had previously banned all arrivals by air from Portugal, hence no flights.
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