The first flight will take place on 2 August, and tickets are already on sale, which the airline says start from 21 euros, though they are more likely to be for outside of the summer season.
José Lopes, head of operations for easyJet in Portugal, said the low cost airline’s expansion in this country proves the company’s importance to Portuguese travellers, and said the company remains committed to development in Portugal.
This follows news that easyJet said that its passenger traffic in Portugal this winter would only grow by 3 percent because of the lack of capacity at the country’s two main airports. The slow growth for the period from October last year to March this year compares with more than 20 percent for the same period a year earlier.
The airline said urgent measures were needed to complement existing capacity until a new Lisbon airport can be built, adding that there was also a chronic shortage of slots at Porto’s Sá Carneiro airport.