6 Terminal building and control tower at Braganca . |
and our baggage was loaded within minutes , and the props of Engine One started to spool up as the door was closed . Total turnaround time was under five minutes . This level of quickness would be the norm at every stop along the way to Braganca .
Airborne from Portimão and climbing towards 10,000ft , we were treated to a view along the stunning Algarve and southern Portuguese coastline . We briefly left the mainland for the Atlantic before making landfall again over Arábida National Park south of Lisbon .
Keen aviation enthusiasts who have done their research beforehand will no doubt select Seat 2A , knowing there
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is something quite unusual there — a bubble window that has been installed to enable passengers to stick their heads out of the fuselage and look out in all directions .
The arrival at Cascais again felt like something different . The Dornier pulled onto a ramp packed with corporate jets . A change of crew was carried out , and all passengers deplaned . The Lisbon-bound passengers made their way to a free shuttle bus to the city center . Meanwhile , those going further on were given a transit card and directed into the Departures area of the terminal building . Sevenair utilizes the VIP terminal at Cascais , so passengers find themselves among the ultrawealthy
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who are waiting to board their Gulfstreams or Cessna Citations .
After the brief stop , came the next leg to Viseu in central Portugal , which , at 50 minutes , would be the longest . The airstrips started to change from bustling to placid , from builtup industry to general aviation airfields . Landing at Viseu , we were greeted by only a small airport building and combined control tower . The only other sign of air traffic was a Cessna 152 in the circuit . No time for a look around there , though . It was another five-minute enginerunning turnaround .
The next leg to Vila Real had only recently been reinstated
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