Month: May 2015

Madeira with three clubs in the top flight

A dramatic last minute goal thousands of kilometres away in the Second Division match between Freaumunde and Tondela on Sunday meant that União de Madeira, based in Machico, will be joining fellow islanders Marítimo and Nacional in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. It will be the ............  ...read more

Four beaches criticised for poor water quality

The Diario reported yesterday that four of the six Portuguese beaches revealed as having ‘poor’ water quality are in Madeira. Two are in Funchal – Poças do Gomes/Doca do Cavacas and Praia do Gorgulho – the latter is the stony beach below the Porto Mare and Enotel ............  ...read more

The planesandstuff blog last week photographed the return of BA to Madeira.
The British flag-carrier has reinstated flights between London Gatwick and Madeira several years after it suspended the route.The ............  ...read more

Madeira’s favourite son, Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly donated £5m ($ 9.7m) to the charity Save the Children to help their aid efforts in Nepal after the earthquake which killed more than 8,000 people and injured another 20,000 last month, according to reports originating ............  ...read more

This weekend sees the annual Reid’s Palace Classic Auto show – full programme below

TAP Strike

Today’s Diario reports that since the TAP pilots’ strike began on May 1st, 57 flights to the island have been cancelled, affecting around 8000 passengers. Around 70% of TAP flights ............  ...read more

TAP strike latest

It is difficult to ascertain how effective the strike is being, with no official announcement from either side. However, the Portugal News claimed yesterday that after three days of the ten days of the action, an average of around 70% of flights have managed to take off as scheduled. ............  ...read more

TAP pilots strike to go ahead

EuroNews and others sources reported last night that Portugal’s flagship air carrier, TAP, unfortunately does look set to be grounded for ten days from today after last-minute talks between the pilots and TAP management yesterday afternoon failed to produce results. Earlier, the ............  ...read more