Porto Santo travel: the Portuguese emails
Yesterday we received another email from the Portuguese Chess Federation about the charter flights they are arranging for the world senior individual championships in November.
If this affects you but you did not receive the email then you should contact the organisers immediately. Flights are now full but they have a reserve list.
They also informed us in September that the Binter Canarias airline is now taking reservations for the two flights per day each way between Funchal (Madeira) and Porto Santo in November, saying "Taking into account the limited capacity of this route, players who wish to take this flight are advised to reserve well in advance."
Below is the full text of the original email about travel to Porto Santo which they circulated on 15 August.
Dear chess friends,
The Portuguese Chess Federation will organize a charter flight from Lisbon (LIS) to Porto Santo (PXO) on 16 November, returning 29 November.
The total cost of the flights is €350, and includes one piece of dispatched luggage per person (23kg), and one piece of hand luggage.
The timetable will be confirmed later, but the first leg should leave Lisbon on Saturday 16 November in late afternoon, and the return will be 29 November. very early in the morning, to allow the participants to connect with their flights to and from Lisbon.
Those interested may PRE-RESERVE with flight with us. Please don't make payments yet. Priority will be given to players already registered.
Participants arriving directly in Funchal (FNC) may travel with the evening flight of Binter Canarias (20h30). Notice however that tickets for these flights are not yet on sale.
Participants arriving in Funchal on or before 15 November have also the possibility of travelling by ferry on that evening (19h00).
Participants who wish to travel on 17 November may travel with either the morning flight of Binter Canarias (07h30), or with the ferry from Funchal (08:00).
For players wishing to stay in Funchal either before or after the championship, Vila Baleira Funchal (4*) proposes a special offer (€85 per night, with breakfast, single or double room).
NOTICE THAT PORTO (OPO) AND PORTO SANTO (PXO) ARE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. Players arriving to or travelling from Porto (OPO) are advised to travel to Funchal (FNC) and from there to Porto Santo.
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Best regards
Paulo Rocha
Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez / Portuguese Chess Federation
Rua Sarmento de Beires nº 33, Loja A
1900-411 - Lisboa
PORTUGAL
(They sent a correction to a dating mistake in the third paragraph later. Originally it said the outward flight was on the 15th of November but Saturday 16th, as in the first paragraph, is correct.)
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