07 April 2013
Pilots at SATA Air Azores and its subsidiary SATA International have announced a joint six day strike for April 23, 24, 25 and on May 2, 3 and 4. A source of the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) told Lusa that the decision was approved unanimously. The strike was called over concerns relating to budget […]
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06 April 2013
By Tânia Mendes, Contributor (*) Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado is now recognized by the American people as “Jesus Christ” from his leading role in the History Channel’s miniseries The Bible, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the most-watched program on any cable network this year. He was chosen to play the role after an audition […]
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05 April 2013
The Arte Institute, in partnership with Teatro do Bairro, is launching the Pessoa in New York Program, scheduled for April 13 through April 17, to take place in New York City and New Jersey. The program is comprised of series of cultural events celebrating the life and work of Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa. It […]
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03 April 2013
The President of Azores based SATA Group, António Gomes de Menezes, was elected board member of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA). Founded in 1980, ERA is a non-profit trade association representing some 200 companies involved in European air transport, carrying 70.6m passengers on 1.6m flights to 426 destinations in 61 European countries. SATA Group […]
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03 April 2013
Beginning April, SATA International has doubled its weekly service from the U.S. to the Azores and mainland Portugal, including a new non-stop direct flight to Lisbon. All flights connect through Boston’s Logan Airport,where SATA International has non-stop three times a week service to the Azores with continuing service to Lisbon. A recent agreement between SATA International and […]
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01 April 2013
A team of ecologists from the Furnas Monitoring and Research Centre (CMIF), based on São Miguel island, Azores, will speak Tuesday, April 2, at 6:00, Buzzards Bay Center, 114 Front St., downtown New Bedford, about the challenges of protecting and restoring Lagoa das Furnas [Furnas Lake]. The event, hosted by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, is free […]
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