TAP will Offer More than 100 Weekly Flights Between North America and Portugal This Summer
TAP Air Portugal, Portugal’s national carrier, which celebrates its 80th anniversary of operations this year, continues its record-breaking expansion from the US with three new routes to Portugal launching within three weeks.
TAP launched service from Boston to Porto on Wednesday, while Los Angeles to Lisbon begins Friday, and San Francisco to Terceira in the Azores will start on June 3. Los Angeles is a new gateway, the airline’s 11th in North America. This summer, TAP will offer more than 100 weekly flights from North America.
TAP is the only carrier to offer these new routes nonstop:
• Boston-Porto service started May 14, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with Airbus A321-LR aircraft;
• Los Angeles-Lisbon begins on May 16, operating with Airbus A330-900 neo aircraft, the service will run on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays through May 25 before adding a fourth weekly frequency on Saturdays; and
• San Francisco-Terceira will begin on June 3 and operate weekly on Tuesdays, with Airbus A330-900 neo aircraft.
Last year, TAP carried a record 1.59 million passengers between North America and Portugal, up 8.9 percent year over year (approximately 10 percent of TAP’s global total of 16.1 million passengers in 2024, up 1.6 percent from 2023).
The North American routes are the airline’s fastest growing. Last year was the first time the airline carried more than 1.5 million passengers on the US and Canadian routes, reflecting the largest percentage increase of passengers carried globally.
TAP Air Cargo also begins operations on the Los Angeles-Lisbon route on May 16. TAP Air Cargo now transports 95,455 tons of cargo, on 99 aircraft, with 1,253 weekly flights to 87 destinations in 31 countries, as well as 396 connected airports around the world.
Los Angeles becomes TAP’s eighth US gateway, New York (JFK), Newark, Boston, Miami, Washington (Dulles), San Francisco, and Chicago (O’Hare). TAP also flies from Toronto and Montreal, Canada, and Cancun, Mexico.