Month: August 2017

Monarch have just started offering some remarkably cheap flights over the coming weeks. The screenshot shows Gatwick to FNC. Manchester flights not bad either. Monarch – in my humble opinion … Read more

Over the last few days the number of page views recorded by the Madeira News blog has exceeded 4 million. In reality, due to the way it is designed, there … Read more

Fire hydrants obstructed

The website FN is quite rightly drawing attention to the growing problem of fire hydrants being obstructed by the counters and stalls that are increasingly appearing on … Read more

The South China Morning Post has an interesting write-up on Madeira entitled: “Dicing with death in Cristiano Ronaldo’s birthplace, Madeira – island of soaring peaks, perilous drops and scary roads”… Read more

Stirling took a pounding yesterday as it hit an eight-year low against the Euro at 1.0829, which was a fall of 0.57% on the day. The Telegraph reports on a … Read more

Low cost airline easyJet yesterday announced that it will commence a weekly flight between Geneva and Funchal from November 1st  as part of its winter operation. This will be … Read more

The Diario reports that firefighters have been attending three fires that have broken out in Ribeira Brava, Curral das Freiras and São Martinho.
A fire in in the Fontes area … Read more

Ponta do Sol Folklore Festival

The 27th National and International Festival of Folklore takes place this week in the village of Ponta do Sol, integrating with the opening of the … Read more

Ryanair claims Air Berlin conspiracy

Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest carrier, has filed for insolvency, after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad, declared it would not be providing further financial … Read more

Monte church

The Diario reports that by a strange coincidence a board fell from the roof of the church at Monte yesterday morning. Firefighters were called to attend at around … Read more

Monte tragedy

As of early Wednesday morning, the number of fatalities remains at 13, including a young child. Last night the Diario was reporting that 16 of the 52 injured … Read more

This afternoon a tragedy has been unfolding in Monte, overlooking Funchal, as a large 200 year-old tree has fallen onto the crowds assembled in Fonte Largo to celebrate the public … Read more

Black Scabbard Fish Festival

This weekend sees the Black Scabbard Fish Festival, held in the picturesque fishing village of Câmara de Lobos. The festival, organised by the local council for … Read more

A quick update on Tuesday morning

The landings and take-offs were more frequent at Madeira Airport yesterday, and “should return to normality from today  until next Wednesday” according to the … Read more

Update

Don’t know what today will see at the airport, but the omens are not good, with TAP telling customers travelling to/from Madeira not to go to any airport unless … Read more

New Savoy Palace continues to grow

A photo of the above appeared on Twitter recently with the comment that the new thirteen-storey Savoy Palace “is a point of reference in … Read more

New Cargo Plane

Largely unnoticed among the chaos of all the cancelled flights at the beginning of last week, a new cargo service was launched, linking Madeira to the mainland.  … Read more