The Stakeholder Consultation Report’s analysis confirms that the minimum specifications for the new Lisbon Airport require updating to reflect the sector’s current trends and the consensus by the stakeholders consulted.

The Government, via the Ministry of State and Finance and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing disclosed the Stakeholder Consultation Report abstract on the new Lisbon Airport –Luís de Camões Airport, as well as the formal response sent to ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA).

We note that ANA submitted the Stakeholder Consultation Report to the Government on 16 July 2025. This is the first of four interim reports to make up the Complete Bid for the New Lisbon Airport, whose deadline for submission is January 2028.

More than 100 stakeholders were consulted, among which we note the main aircraft and airport operators, public bodies such as NAV Portugal, the Portuguese Civil Aviation authority, the Air Force, municipalities and other operators whose activity is linked to airports.

The Consultation report collects the contributions of the consulted stakeholders with a special focus on the project’s main technical specifications, the stakeholders’ operational needs, and the increase in airport rates.

In the letter sent to the Concession holder, the Government confirms the need to update some of the minimum specifications set in the Concession Agreement that are partially out-of-date with regard to the aviation sector’s development.

This need had been previously identified by the Government in the letter it sent to the Concession holder on 16 January 2025.

From a report analysis, one can tell there4 is wide ranging consensus between the stakeholders consulted as to the amendments to be made. 

Most of the amendments put forward by the Concession holder, nine in sum, were considered partially and widely consensual, for instance, openness to reduce the runways’ maximum length, increasing the distance between runways to enable an independent triple operation, and increasing the number of contact parking slots by enabling the idea of boarding on foot. On the other hand, reservations were identified with only two specific matters of the nine proposals put forward, which will be further technically analysed.

While the legal process to formally update the specifications is under way, the Government informed the Concession holder it deems it viable for it to move on with preparing the subsequent reports, namely the Environmental and the Technical Reports based on the optimised versions of the specifications the Government now finds suitable.

The Government will continue to closely and permanently monitor the project development, ensuring that all the steps are conducted within the agreed time frames. The next milestone in this process will be submitting the Environmental Report, set to happen in January 2026.

It is worth stressing that the communication sent to the Concession holder is not a formal acceptance of the Full Bid, which will be assessed under the terms set in the Concession Agreement.

The Government thereby reiterates its commitment to transparency, technical accuracy, and upholding the public interest in all stages of the new airport’s development.

As such, the Consultation Report’s abstract and the reply from the Grantor to the Concession holder are available for viewing on the IMT – Mobility and Transportation Institute’s website.