Faro (FAO)

[Silvercity]

Big expansion going on now at Faro. I fly through here frequently, and the airport has experienced steady growth. Many more French people are visiting the Algarve recently , so French Links seem to be up. TAP will increase FAO-LIS from 3 to 4 per day this year.

 

[richard winterbourn]

Re Faro, i must have flown into and out of this airport more than 300 times since the mid 1970s and have seen the many manifestations of this airport and aircraft types, including my first visit in a DanAir Comet, through Boeing 707s to Air Atlantis who always used to give pax a Portuguese liquor before take off!!

Great to see it doing so well. I was there this week and marvelling at the design of the expanded airport. However, in all its manifestations i still believe the interim phase (probably circa 1985-90) when you could get out onto the roof and drink cool beer as you plane landed was about the best.

 

[Silvercity]

A cool beer on the roof, sounded lovely

 

[Silvercity]

Just seen an unmarked 747-400 land at Faro, reckon could be a Monarch repatriation flight. It has a Spanish registration.

 

[Brum X]

Just seen an unmarked 747-400 land at Faro, reckon could be a Monarch repatriation flight. It has a Spanish registration.

Might of been a Wamos 747, think they are operating Monarch flights out of MAN ?

 

[Silvercity]

Faro Airports expansion looks as if will be complete for the summer.

 

[Jerry]

Faro Airports expansion looks as if will be complete for the summer.

What are they expanding at the airport?

 

[Silvercity]

What are they expanding at the airport?

The terminal....particularly the check in area

 

[Silvercity]

There have been news reports of delays both arriving and departing Faro of late. For me on Friday and this evening, ive had no problems at all.