Lisbon-Goa Charters to start soon

Panaji: The Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Luis Amado on Tuesday said that the Chartered flights between Lisbon and Goa, which could improve tourist traffic on both sides, will become a reality by the year end, albeit on a limited scale.
Mr Amado, presently on a visit to Goa, speaking to ‘The Navhind Times’ on Tuesday evening said that a hotel belonging to the Turismo de Portugal as well as an office of the TAP Portugal, the national airline of Portugal in Goa would complement these Chartered flights in an effective way. “I will have to talk to the TAP Portugal once I go back to Lisbon,” he added. “Meanwhile,” Mr Amado said, “I am sure, we can begin with some Chartered flights between Lisbon and Goa along the shortest route between the two destinations by the year end.”
Earlier, addressing a gathering of selected invitees at the Portuguese Consulate in the presence of the Ambassador of Portugal to India, Mr Luis Filipe Castro Mendes and the Consul General of Portugal to Goa, Mr Paulo Neves Pocinho, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the world has today become multi-polar with India and the European Union already becoming two of the important poles.
09/07/08 Ramnath N Pai Raikar/Navhind Times

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008, Foreign Jul 2008