Inauguration of São Jorge Airport on 23 April 1983 | Inauguration of Pico Airport on 5 April 1982 | Inaugural Flight from Pico Airport on 5 April 1982

São Jorge Airport is festively inaugurated on 23 April, with lunch served to the entire population. Another aviation infrastructure added to Tecnovia’s portfolio, which already included the Graciosa and Pico airfields, completed in 1981 and 1982, and of vital importance to the development of the Azores.

Growth in the industrial exploitation of quarries, production of aggregates, hydraulic concrete and asphalt.