Porto’s Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport – which reflects the vibrancy of Portugal’s second city – is an expanding gateway to the country’s booming north, writes Renato Serra Fonseca.
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TAP Air Portugal operates Airbus A330s on the route from Porto to Brazil (a former Portuguese colony), with flights to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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Portugal’s second-most important urban centre, Porto – in the region famous for producing port wine – was last year dubbed ‘the city to visit’ by Forbes Magazine, reflected in part by the 15.9% increase in passenger traffic at its airport in the two years to the end of 2017.
