Transportation
Portugal Picks Location for New Lisbon Airport After Tourism Boom
- The new airport will be located south of the river Tagus
- Portugal also plans investments in high-speed rail, new bridge
Portugal picked the location for a new Lisbon airport, a project that successive governments have planned to build as the country attracted a rising number of tourists.
The new airport will be built in a military base near the town of Alcochete, about 22 miles from the Lisbon city center on the southern bank of the river Tagus, according to Prime Minister Luis Montenegro. Before becoming the capital city’s main airport, it will complement the existing Humberto Delgado airport, he said at a press conference in Lisbon on Tuesday night.