TAP Portugal to introduce daily non-stop to Lisbon (July 2016)
TAP Portugal today announced daily non-stop service to Lisbon from JFK and Boston Logan. Here are the details regarding New York:
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The new daily Boston service starts on June 11 and the new JFK daily flights commence on July 1. Both will be operated with new Airbus A330 aircraft to be delivered in June. In addition, TAP also serves Lisbon from Miami and from Newark. These routes will grow to daily service this summer, and TAP also serves Oporto twice weekly from Newark. Altogether, TAP’s US service will grow to 30 flights per week.
Flights will depart JFK at 23:30, arriving at Lisbon at 11:30 (next day). Returning flights leave Lisbon at 17:00, arriving at JFK at 20:00.
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“I congratulate TAP Portugal and welcome their return to JFK, where we recently announced record-breaking passenger numbers for 2015, including 30 million international air travelers,” Port Authority Aviation Director Thomas L. Bosco said. “I wish our friends at TAP Portugal, who’ve been such great partners at Newark Liberty International Airport, the same success on the launch of their Lisbon service at JFK – the premier international gateway to the United States.”
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In order to prompt its expansion in the USA, TAP is taking delivery of two additional Airbus A330’s, its long-haul fleet increasing thus to 20 aircraft. TAP’s new Executive Class cabin boasts 20 lie-flat seats from Stelia Solstys, plus new slim-line Zim EC01 seats in other cabins, now with a 34’’ seat pitch in Economy Plus and a 31” pitch in Economy. Passengers also will enjoy the most advanced audio and visual systems using the most up-to-date Panasonic EX-3 in-flight individual on-demand entertainment system.
After being completely renovated and retrofitted with all new seats, lighting and entertainment systems as well as new galleys lavatories, these aircraft are consistent with the most recent generation of aircraft in the world in their class. With seat capacity for 271 passengers – 20 in Executive Class, 104 in Economy Plus and 147 in Economy – the A330 aircraft are leading the way with the new configuration into which the entire TAP fleet of A330-200s is to be retrofitted from 2017 onward.
SOURCE: https://globenewswire.com/news-relea...-Airports.html
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