Madeira Situation Report Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Free prostate cancer screening
Hospital Particular da Madeira will carry out prostate cancer screening on every Monday of November (7th, 14th, 21st and 28th). It will be free of charge. This campaign is taking place in recognition of this month’s Prostate Cancer Prevention Month. According to Liga Portuguese Contra o Cancro (Portuguese League Against Cancer), prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men.
Start of Winter eastJet flights between Lisbon and Porto Santo
EasyJet’s Winter season started on October 30th. It will continue to operate flights between Lisbon and Porto Santo. These will take place on Wednesdays and Sundays. The flights will be operated by an Airbus A321neo with 235 seats. A total of 9,900 seats will be available.
Start of Caracas flights postponed
The start TAP route between Lisbon and Caracas with a stop in Funchal has been postponed again. It had been scheduled to start on August 21st. Since then, its start has been postponed several times. Miguel Albuquerque (President of the Madeira Regional Government) regretted the postponement. He reminded that TAP had previously operated this route, and it had been very successful. There is not only a big Madeiran expat community in Venezuela but also a large number of Madeira residents who used to live in Venezuela.
53 cruise ship stops in November
This month is set to be the busiest month of the year in the Port of Funchal, as 53 cruise ships stops are scheduled to take place. There are already 3 cruise ships (Emerald Princess, Silver Moon and Hebridean Sky) docked.
Power cut
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts due to scheduled work on the electricity supply network. These cannot be postponed and will take place in the following days and places.
FUNCHAL
October 3rd – 09h00 to 11h30
– Rua do Fontenário (numbers 8, 12C and 16)
– Travessa do Caetano (numbers 3 to 21)
– Beco do Fontenário (numbers 7 to 13)
PONTA DO SOL – MADALENA DO MAR
October 4th – 00h00 to 05h00
– Túnel da Madalena (Madalena Tunnel)
– Túnel Madalena-Arco (Madalena Tunnel-Arco)
However, power could be restored during the time frame mentioned above. So, for safety purposes, it should be assumed that there will be power at any time during this period of time.
If necessary, customers can contact the free Customer Support Service number (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.