SATA Flights Boston – Madeira
Source : Diário de Notícias 22-11-2007
The Azores airline group SATA today announced the launch of a new scheduled service between Boston (USA) and Maderia.
The new flight will operate all year, every Friday, in both directions, using an Airbus A310-300. Return flights are priced at €410. No mention of when its starts, and due to my inadequate grasp of Portuguese, I am not clear whether there is a connection / stop on the Azores themselves.
The motive apparently is not only to provide the Portuguese with travel opportunities, as apparently there are quite a large number of Portuguese emigrants over the other side of the pond, but also to bring American tourists to Madeira … now there’s a surprise!
According to feedback from the many American cruise passengers that stop on Madeira for just a few hours, it should be quite popular, as many say they would like to return to Madeira for a proper holiday.
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Well Portugal made it through to the 2008 European Football Championships, so well done, but the English fell at the final hurdle, so no Rooney v Ronaldo possibility now. The England manager got sacked this morning, with a pay out of 2.5 million quid, so I guess that will soften the blow a little.
