Long Haul fleet now has 19 Airbus A330neo aircraft. Airbus A330neo model now accounts for 70% of total flight time. TAP fleet has radically transformed and moved ahead technologically in four years. New aircraft offer unbeatable economy and efficiency, boosting Company’s growth. TAP has received two more Airbus model A330neo aircraft in Lisbon. The flights […]
TAP Air Portugal’s second naming ceremony of the year pays homage to the Portuguese seafarer who led Portuguese exploration on the African continent in the 19th century. Roberto Ivens is the name of the new Airbus A321LR CS-TXD the Airline baptized on Tuesday last week. Roberto Ivens was born on 12 June 1850 in Ponta […]
Pêro da Covilhã, the Portuguese explorer who played an important part in paving the way for Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India, is now giving his name to one of TAP’s new aircraft. The Airline thus exalts the Portuguese role as conquerors of the Discoveries age, baptising the Airbus A321LR, registration CS-TXC, with the name […]
On Thursday, TAP baptized one of its new Airbus A330neo aircraft (registration number CS-TUA) with the name “D. Maria I”, in tribute to Portugal’s first queen regnant. D. Maria I, eldest daughter of D. José I, received the title Princess of Brazil when her father was crowned king in 1750. The aircraft named after her […]
TAP’s second Airbus A321neo, and the third of 71 new Airbus aircraft TAP is to receive by 2025, started commercial operations today. On this its first day, the aircraft is to fly to Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, in tribute to the person it is named after. Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400-1460) was the Portuguese navigator […]