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A TAP Portugal Airbus A319-100 lands at Frankfurt Airport in 2011. TAP Air Portugal was founded as a division of Portugal's Civil Aviation Department under the name Transportes Aéreos Portugueses on 14 March 1945, [1] and started operations on 19 September 1946, initially serving the Lisbon–Madrid route using the Douglas DC-3.
TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier of Portugal, [1] headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its hub.TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2005 and operates on average 2,500 flights a week to 90 destinations [5] in 34 countries worldwide.
It consists of two check-in halls, the older one has been converted into TAP Air Portugal's self check-in area, and the newer one housing 68 desks (37–89 and 90–106). The joint departures area features 47 gates (17 of which are equipped with jet-bridges) with 21 of them designated to non-Schengen destinations. [ 49 ]
A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 707-320C at Lisbon Portela Airport in 1991. Following renaming to TAAG – Transportes Aéreos de Angola on 1 October 1973, [19] the airline was reorganised and reconstituted. [20] The company 's shareholders at the time were the Angolan government (51%), TAP Air Portugal (29%) and ex-DTA employees
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TAP Express (TAP standing for Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) is a Portuguese virtual carrier and regional airline brand name for TAP Air Portugal which operates short and medium-haul routes. Its head office is on the grounds of Lisbon Portela Airport in Lisbon. Currently, Portugália Airlines operates under the TAP Express brand. [1] [2]
Portugália Airlines is a Portuguese virtual carrier and regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Lisbon Portela Airport [1] in Lisbon.It was a subsidiary of TAP Air Portugal and operates scheduled international and domestic services from its bases at Lisbon Airport and Porto Airport on behalf of TAP Express.
In July 2016 (), the number of non-stop destinations reduced to 28, including 12 domestic, 11 in Africa, two in Brazil and Portugal, and one in China. [5] By this time, TAAG 's two main long-haul markets were Portugal and Brazil, representing approximately 36% and 19%, respectively, of the airline 's operations. [6]