At this year’s Web Summit, startup founders and government officials encountered a unique flavor of first-world problems, Financial Times Report. Lisbon airport has been forced to divert some private jets, sending flights to airports as far away as Badajoz, a Spanish city two hours from Lisbon, to find runway space.
The problem may come with the territory. Web Summit It’s a technology business conference that attracts investors, startups and high-profile keynote speakers — this year’s conference features talks from the CEO of Qualcomm and the president of Microsoft, for example — many of whom choose to fly private. This created a problem for Lisbon Airport.
The Lisbon Airport is turning away
“Please be advised that there is currently a shortage of private jet slots during Web Summit at Lisbon Airport (LIS) and nearby smaller airports,” Web Summit organizers told attendees. “Lisbon Airport is experiencing difficulties in handling the volume of traffic, resulting in a lack of available take-off and landing slots for all operations.”
ft writes that such airport bottlenecks are a first for the conference, and likely caused by a growing trend for private jets as it accounts for the larger number of attendees at this year’s Web Summit. set aside Environmental impact As for flying in person, you’d think all the bright minds could come up with some solution beyond flying further afield and driving to Portugal. Maybe a jet that can charter hundreds of people at once?