Icelandair plays a critical role in travel to, from, in and through Iceland. International flights are from Keflavik, while all domestic flights are from Reykjavík Airport, which is very close to the centre of the capital. While it varies by month, almost half of passengers flying the country’s flag carrier connect to another flight in […]
March 3, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Faro Airport (FAO) registered its busiest year on record in 2025 by surpassing the ten million passenger mark. The result was achieved as the airport celebrated its 60th anniversary. The strong figures reaffirm the Portuguese airport’s status as the seventh largest in the Iberian Peninsula by international passenger volume. It also highlights the Algarve’s evolving […]
February 2, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
airBaltic inaugurated flights between Riga and Faro on Saturday 6 September. The 3,235-kilometre route will be maintained with the A220-300 aircraft and run weekly. The carrier is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight BT673 departs Riga at 11:40 local time, touching down in Faro at 14:35 local time. The return service, operating as […]
September 11, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Located in the Algarve region of Portugal, Faro is in the far south of the country. The area is known for beaches, golf, whitewashed fishing villages and, above all, tourism. As such, it is no surprise that Faro is Portugal’s third-busiest airport, behind Lisbon and Porto. ANA Aeroportos de Portugal data shows it had 9.8 […]
May 27, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
United commenced operations to its fifth city in Portugal by inaugurating flights between New York EWR and Faro on Friday 16 May. The seasonal 5,625-kilometre route will be maintained 4-weekly, departing New York EWR on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 757-200 aircraft. The Star Alliance member faces no competition between the two cities. […]
May 26, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Transavia France added two new routes from Bordeaux to Brussels and Faro respectively, on Friday 18 April. Both the 800-kilometre service to the Belgian capital and the 1,060-kilometre journey to the Portuguese coast are maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with the 189-seat 737-800 aircraft. The LCC faces competition only the Brussels route where it […]
April 29, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Icelandic LCC PLAY commenced flights between Reykjavik and Faro in Portugal on Saturday 12 April. The 3,160-kilometre service will run 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the A320neo aircraft. It becomes the sole operator between the two cities. Flight OG454 departs Reykjavik at 15:00 local time, arriving in Faro at 20:45. The return service, operating […]
April 23, 2025 | Latest Route News +
ANA Aeroportos de Portugal is the country’s airport manager, a VINCI Airports’ concession. It runs 10 airports, with Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal, Ponta Delgada and Horta being the six busiest facilities. Traffic at these six airports totalled 68.6 million passengers in 2024, up 4% from the prior record in 2023 and 17% from 2019. Passenger […]
January 30, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Situated in the Algarve region of Portugal, the ever-popular airport of Faro welcomed 7.82 million passengers between January and September 2023. The country’s third-busiest airport, Faro’s traffic exceeded its pre-pandemic level – in those nine months – by a respectable 6.5%. It is expected that full-year 2023 should be its best year to date. Faro […]
November 16, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Transavia has launched several new routes from Brussels BRU. On 30 June, the Dutch carrier began flying from the Belgian capital to Alicante (6-weekly) and Faro (4-weekly) using its 737-800s. Ibiza (4-weekly) service began the following day, with Heraklion (2-weekly) starting on 2 July. That makes a total of 16 weekly departures, with two per […]
July 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +