ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, the organization responsible for managing and operating airports in Portugal, a Vinci Airports subsidiary and manages a total of 10 airports across mainland Portugal, the Azores and Madeira has delivered to the government the Humberto Delgado expansion plan, a document that is essential to increase the capacity of the airport of Lisbon, located at Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesa, 1700 - 111, 7 kilometres northeast of the historical city centre of the Portuguese capital.
This document is essential to increase the capacity of the capital air hub until the entry into operation of Luís de Camões Airport, the new airport infrastructure that will be operational by 2034 and which will now be assessed by competent authorities with a view to its validation.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing of Portugal, Luis Pinto Luz in a statement sent to the press, said that the Humberto Delgado Airport Expansion Plan was submitted and delivered to the Government on August 1, as determined in the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 67/2024 of May 27.
The AHD Expansion Plan results from the decision of the XXIV Constitutional Government to adopt a set of measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of Humberto Delgado Airport.
The information released said that until the entry into operations of the new airport, it is essential to adopt actions at AHD that allow to continue to respond to the growing demand for air traffic.
Among the measures envisaged is the development of a phased investment plan, in all necessary subsystems, to increase the declared operational capacity of the airport up to a maximum of 45 movements per hour.
After receiving the plan, the Government has already asked the competent authorities in the sector for its assessment, with a view to its possible validation, which if it happens, will be followed by an Environmental Impact Study.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing stated that once analysed and validated by the competent authorities, and with the approval of the Government, ANA Aeroportos will then prepare the Environmental Study, which will later be submitted to the Portuguese Environment Agency, under the terms of the applicable legislation.
The Government understands that this phase constitutes an important milestone in the process of developing airport capacity in the Lisbon region, as it guarantees an effective response to the needs of the sector.
The Minster said that it is urgent no losing a single day waiting for the inauguration of the new airport and Humberto Delgado Airport will be dismantled, but til then, it’s important to ensure the limitations there are at the current airport are minimized and ensuring that all users and professionals of this infrastructure have the best conditions of comfort and safety.
The statement also guarantee that once the Luís de Camões Airport is completed, the more than 500 hectares of the current airport will be returned to citizens.
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