Portugal's Heliavia is lobbying for Lisbon airport to provide a new full service dedicated executive terminal. The company's gm Vitoria Henriques says that it has taken the matter up several times without success.

"However," she says, "Heliavia does its utmost to ensure that the lack of a dedicated private terminal does not affect its clients. When they arrive at the airport we have our own staff waiting who take them immediately in our minibus and put them aboard our aircraft. If they have to wait for an airport slot we have our own facilities where they pass the time in comfort."

Heliavia, which operates a Falcon 2000EX EAsy, an AS350 BA and a Falcon 900B provides photography and film services as well as executive charter. Henriques says: "It seems to us that the market is growing. Our own existing clients are our best advertising medium as they recommend Heliavia's services to others." But she reports that the economic recession has brought price undercutting.

"There is a problem with the prices that some companies are quoting just to take clients from other companies. They are quoting prices that do not cover flight costs."