Beja Airport will receive on Monday two flights from Italy with about 360 young people, next week, They will participate in World Youth Day (WYD), in Lisbon, revealed today the mayor.
Onits official page of the social network Facebook, the Mayor of Beja, Paulo Arsenio, He said the flights are scheduled to arrive at 09:20 and 17:40, each carrying about 180 passengers.
“The two expected flights were the only ones that formalized, so far, requests under the WYD for use of infrastructure located in Baixo Alentejo, these requests met by the airport management “, stressed.
The mayor, elected by PS, He said he was not sure that the return flight to Italy at the end of WYD is made through this airport, given the transport operator has not yet done, so far, this request.
“At this time of year, the infrastructure located in Beja registers strong movement in the segments of private flights and air cabs “, stressed Paulo Arsenio.
The World Youth Day, considered the biggest event of the Catholic Church, It will be held this year in Lisbon, between 01 and 06 August, It is expected about 1,5 million people.
The main ceremonies of the day will take place in Parque Tejo, north of Parque das Nações, on the riverside of the Tagus, on land owned by the municipalities of Lisbon and Loures.
The days were born on the initiative of Pope John Paul II, after the success of the meeting promoted in 1985 in Rome, in the International Year of Youth.
