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On 5 July 1985, TAP Air Portugal initiated direct flights between Horta and Lisbon: the first aircraft was a Boeing 737 named Ponta Delgada. Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Flores, Santa Maria, Ponta Delgada and Beja, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation was conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 ...
The city of Horta was bombarded in December 1916, and the following year the city was shelled by the German U-boat SM U-155 on 4 July 1917.. With the U.S. entry into the First World War the previous year, American naval forces occupied and operated a naval base in Ponta Delgada, consisting of a few Curtiss HS2L hydroplanes, 150 infantrymen, two pieces of artillery, some ships and submarines.
This service is provided by the landing craft Melinka which can transport 230 passengers and has a deck for approximately 23 vehicles. It also has coffee service for passengers. The company also owns the Pionero ferry. The Pionero approaching Punta Delgada ferry terminal in the Strait of Magellan
Transtejo & Soflusa (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾɐ̃ʃˈtɛʒu i sɔˈfluzɐ]) is a public ferry company operating between Lisbon, on the right (north) bank of the Tagus River, to the left (south) bank of the river at Trafaria, Porto Brandão, Cacilhas (Almada), Seixal, Barreiro and Montijo.
In 1522, Vila Franca do Campo, then the capital of São Miguel, was devastated by an earthquake and landslide that killed about 5,000 people, and the capital was moved to Ponta Delgada. The town of Vila Franca do Campo was rebuilt on the original site, and today is a thriving fishing and yachting port. Ponta Delgada received its city status in ...
Port of Lisbon: Lisbon District [6] Port of Setúbal ... Port of Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada [13] [14] See also. Transportation in Portugal; References
The ship was a Portuguese Navy Douro-class destroyer, NRP Lima, en route from Lisbon to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in the Azores. She rescued the occupants of No. 8 boat and then proceeded west, where she found and rescued the occupants of Nos. 1 and 4 boats.
The lines are completely electrified and the service is efficient, serving over 24 million passengers in 2019. The Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and ...