TAP begins flights to Washington DC

Portuguese airline completes series of new route launches to North America this year:

- First direct TAP flight between Lisbon and Washington-Dulles is in the air- Five flights a week between Lisbon and Washington

- Fourfold in 16 of crease in the number of North American destinations served

Last 16th of June 2019, TAP flight TP231 left Lisbon, launching the direct service between the Portuguese capital and Washington DC. This is the last of three American destinations the Portuguese airline has launched this summer.

The new direct route between Portugal and Washington-Dulles consolidates the airline’s commitment to the North American market and enhances the growth it has recorded so far. 

Flights between Lisbon and Washington DC, will operate five times a week, leaving Lisbon at 16:30 and arriving at Dulles at 19:40 local time. The flights then leave Washington at 22:40, arriving in the Portuguese capital at 10:50 the next day. 

On 1 June, TAP launched its service to Chicago, then on 10 June – Portugal Day – it began operating flights between the Portuguese capital and San Francisco. The launch of these three new routes to the USA was completed on June 16 with the inaugural flight between Lisbon and Washington DC.

The airline will launch flights to another five new destinations this summer: to Conakry and Banjul from Lisbon, and to Brussels, Lyon and Munich from Porto. With these new routes, the TAP network will grow to 91 cities in 37 countries. 

Find more information at:
- https://www.flytap.com/en-pt/
- https://www.tapairportugal.com/media/press-releases

Source: https://www.tapairportugal.com 

TAP awarded “Best airline in Europe"

TAP Portugal was awarded “Best Airline in Europe”  by the leading specialized North American magazine ‘Global Traveler’, on the past December 13, 2016. 

In addition, the company also won the award for the “The Best New Route Launch (Boston/Lisbon)” and was also bestowed with a couple more prizes in recognition for the high quality of the Portuguese wines served on board TAP ‘s Executive class: the Paulo Laureano Reserva 2014 wine, from the Alentejo region, was elected the “Best International Business Class White Wine” and the Churchill’s Estates Grande Reserva 2011, from the Douro region, was awarded  the second best in the “Best International Business Class Red Wine” category.
 

“These awards show that the quality product delivered by TAP is recognized by the North American market, indeed a very demanding and competitive one, a market on which TAP is strongly committed to pursue all efforts to win more and more customers”, said Trey Urbahn, Member of the Executive Board of Directors of TAP, COO.
 

Also present at the ceremony, Abilio Martins, Vice President Marketing and Communications at TAP, highlighted that, as part of its main strategy, the Portuguese airline “ strongly contributes to promote Portugal quality products, namely the Portuguese wines, as they can be tasted on board by international travelers around the world and thereby be largely recognized and appreciated”.
 

To vote the best wines served by airlines, the ‘Global Traveler’ promoted the “Wines on the Wing Airline Competition” and selected a 36 experts panel including sommeliers, wine retailers and wine producers, who judged in “blind tasting” the wines submitted by participating airlines.

Source: Tap Portugal

SATA increases connections with the United States and Canada and offers new fare products

Starting with the IATA Winter Season, which begins at the end of October, SATA will increase its flights between the Azores and the United States and Canada, at which time there will be one more weekly rotation to Boston and Toronto. 

The number of flights will be gradually increased until the months of July and August, when SATA will fly every day from Ponta Delgada to Boston, and six days a week from Ponta Delgada to Toronto.

The new system for ticket prices to Boston and Toronto will based on segmenting the fare classes, according to the actual services offered, examples of which are baggage and on-board service during the flight. 

The increased offer of seats to Boston and Toronto and the changes in the fares reflect the results that have been obtained in the last several years, thanks to a clear, long-term strategic bet on these two markets. 

The reinforcement of the regular connections between the Azores and North America, which will begin to take effect gradually starting at the end of October, means an increase of 11% (12,725 additional seats) in the offer to Boston and 36% (36,165 additional seats) to Toronto. In 2014, SATA will have a total of 114,108 seats to Boston and 97,680 to Toronto, besides the seats added already this year.

Source: SATA