Tap Portugal UK Overview
Tap Portugal UK, commonly known as TAP is the national carrier of Portugal. We have designed this website as a TAP agent to keep you informed of the latest news, informative articles and best fare for TAP. TAP Portugal head office is in Portela Airport in Santa Maria dos Olivais at Lisbon airport. It is located in building 25 of the airport . The company itself is known as Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, SGPS, S.A. which was founded 66 years ago on 14th of March 1945. It is a custodian of the rich Portuguese culture and is connecting Portugal to the world since. It is flying to eighty cities ion the world in thirty six countries. It also has flights connecting via Porto and Funchal. Its frequent flyer program is known as TAP Victoria.
The company was originally known as Transportes Aéreos Portuguese (Portuguese Air Transportations). It changed its name to TAP air Portugal to adjust to the global expansion and finally adopted the reduced form TAP Portugal. According to government plans, Tap Portugal has been earmarked to be privatised.
In the year 2010 TAP Portugal has started flying to new destinations in Africa like Accra, Abidjan, Marrakesh and Algiers. The inauguration of these new routes is a manifestation of TAP Portugal ‘s growth strategy for Africa. Africa is the only continent in the TAP Portugal network where the airline has constantly expanded since 2001. In 2001 the number of TAP Portugal’s Africa passengers was 236,000 which has jumped to 541,000 passengers, a surge of more than 129%. With a 6.4% rise in 2009 alone. New long haul routes have already been started in 2011, viz. Miami and Porto Alegrel by TAP Portugal.
Tap Portugal facts:
Started Operations: 19 September 1946
Member of Star Alliance since: 14 March 2005
No. Of Destinations: 80
Fleet Size: 71
1 Million passengers: 19 June 1964
SkyTrax Official Ranking : 3 Star
Awards and Nominations:
- World’s Leading airline at Global Travel Awards for two consecutive Years.
- Global Travellers Magazine’s best Airline of the Year 2011.
- World’s best Airline award by Condé Nast Traveller magazine 2010.
- Highest maintenance and overhaul practice awards from Airbus in 1996, 2000, 2003, and 2005.
- Recognized by NATO as the Best Engine/Aircraft Source of Repair for the NATO AWACS Maintenance Program 2007.
Tap Portugal Destinations
Europe: London, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Brazzaville, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Geneva, Hamburg, Manchester, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Vienna,, Zürich, A Coruña, Basel, Mulhouse, Freiburg, Bilbao, Bologna, Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, Las Palmas, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Milan, Moscow, Pamplona, Prague, Rome, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice, Vigo, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zürich
Africa: Abidjan, Accra, Algiers, Bamako, Bissau, Casablanca, Johannesburg, Kano, Kinshasa, Libreville, Dakar, Beira, Luanda, Maputo, Marrakech, Praia, São Tomé, São Vicente, Tangier,
South America: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Campinas, Caracas, Fortaleza, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo,
North America: Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Varadero,
USA and Canada: Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New York, Newark, Oakland, Pico, San Francisco, Toronto,
Asia: Bangkok, Macau, Tel Aviv,
Domestic: Bragança, Chaves, Coimbra, Covilhã, Faro, Funchal, Horta, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada, Portimão, Porto Santo, Santa Maria Island, Terceira, Vila Real, Viseu
Caribbean: Curaçao.
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