Many flights to Portuguese airports are affected by Hurricane Leslie, which might become the worst storm the country has experienced in 150 years, on Sunday.
The western European country has issued an urgent red alert, warning its citizens of enormous damage Leslie is expected to cause.
Several airlines, most notably the country’s flag carrier TAP, have cancelled numerous flights to and from Portugal’s three main airports, Lisbon, Porto and Faro.
All flights to Porto Airport (OPO) are holding or diverting due to hurricane #Lesliehttps://t.co/cnJzxMmdkM pic.twitter.com/qWYESdjGGu
— International Flight Network (@FlightIntl) October 13, 2018
On Monday, Leslie is expected to reach into the Iberian peninsula as far as Barcelona, Spain. It is not yet clear how big the impact of this hurricane will be on passenger flights.
Jakob Wert is an aviation journalist from Germany. He built up the website IFN.news and is the Editor-In-Chief of International Flight Network.
