Month: January 2014

Portuguese Airport Controllers Strike for the 29th January.

TAP have announced on very short notice that the Portuguese air traffic controllers have informed them of a strike taking place today … Read more

Madeira Airport records 7.6% growth in 2013

Figures just released show that Madeira Airport in 2013 recorded an increase in traffic of 167,000  passengers (total 2.37 million) between January and … Read more

Shortly after 9.00 this morning it was announced that 18 month  old Daniel had been found and was apparently in good health. First reports suggest that he was discovered by … Read more

The situation with the missing eighteen-month old child in Calheta (see previous story) seems about as clear as mud this morning. The Diario website still carries the story that the … Read more

The Diario reports that there is growing criticism of the decision to “suspend” a search for a missing eighteen-month old child at 10.10 last night after nothing had been found … Read more

It is always a risk publishing weather warnings that never materialise – which was certainly the case yesterday in Funchal, where it was a glorious day after a bit of … Read more

The Regional Civil Protection Service of Madeira have issued a notice on strong winds and sea waves in the archipelago between dawn today (Thursday 16th) and the middle of the … Read more

A few minutes ago (Monday evening) Cristiano Ronaldo, otherwise  heralded as CR7, was named as winner of the Fifa Ballon d’Or. Anything else would have been a travesty, as his … Read more

Porto Santo runway extension

Work should begin this month on a € 6 million contract to repair the runway at Porto Santo airport. Work is expected to last a year … Read more

The New Year sees a completely new look for the blog. As regular readers may be aware the old software that has been used to format the blog has caused … Read more