The airline has transported greater than two million passengers between Brazil and Europe.
For six a long time, TAP Air Portugal has been connecting Portugal and Europe with Brazil. In 2026, the airline will rejoice 60 years of historical past marked by the growth of worldwide aviation, the strengthening of ties between the 2 international locations and actions which have made the Brazilian market probably the most essential for TAP.
Throughout this era, the airline has expanded its operations within the nation and now has one of many largest networks of connections between the 2 markets. In 2026, TAP expects to move 2.1 million passengers throughout the Atlantic Ocean, underscoring the significance of the Brazilian market.
“Brazil has served the corporate very properly over the previous sixty years and can serve it even higher over the subsequent sixty years,” mentioned Luís Rodrigues, CEO of TAP Air Portugal. “The nation has huge development potential and stays an essential marketplace for TAP.”
With the brand new routes to Curitiba and São Luís do Maranhão, TAP now connects Portugal to fifteen locations in Brazil, increasing journey choices for vacationers and enterprise vacationers, in addition to for passengers in search of worldwide connections, as TAP gives additional connections to dozens of locations in Europe, Africa and North America.
This growth reinforces the corporate’s long-term technique in Brazil, preserving tempo with the expansion of tourism and demand for direct connections between South America and Europe. “Brazil is a crucial participant and maybe considered one of TAP’s best property in the meanwhile,” says Luís Rodrigues. “We imagine within the potential of the nation and within the alternatives that also exist to deliver Brazilians and Europeans even nearer collectively.”
The connection between TAP and Brazil has grown through the years. Lisbon and Porto have turn out to be essential gateways for Brazilian passengers to Europe. TAP has thus additionally contributed to the event of tourism, enterprise and cultural trade between the 2 international locations.
On this special day, TAP reaffirms its dedication to the Brazilian market and appears forward to the subsequent chapters of a partnership cast sixty years in the past, with a give attention to development, connections and new alternatives between Brazil and Europe.
Rio de Janeiro and TAP – A historic connection
TAP carried out its first direct jet flight between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro on June 17, 1966, with the Boeing 707 CS-TBA, named “Santa Cruz” in honor of the historic crossing of Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, piloted by Captain Silva Soares. Precisely 44 years earlier than this flight, Portuguese pilots arrived in Rio de Janeiro aboard the seaplane Santa Cruz, finishing the primary South Atlantic air crossing.
The inaugural flight carried round 80 passengers and marked the beginning of normal jet providers between Portugal and Brazil, establishing an air bridge that may turn out to be a logo of the connection between the 2 international locations.
Previous to the primary industrial flight, TAP performed the “Friendship Flight” in 1960, in collaboration with Panair. From 1965, the airline started to function the route with its personal plane, connecting Lisbon-Sal-Recife-Rio de Janeiro. However it was in 1966 that TAP took a decisive step and launched the direct, continuous service between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro.
Since then, Rio de Janeiro has turn out to be a logo of the bond between Portugal and Brazil, welcoming tens of millions of passengers who’ve crossed the oceans in quest of tradition, enterprise and reunions. TAP Air Portugal has created an enduring bridge between two worlds and immediately, sixty years later, celebrates this historical past with an eye fixed to the long run, reaffirming its dedication to proceed bringing Portugal, Brazil, Europe and the world nearer collectively.
Within the hooked up picture, Carlos Antunes, TAP’s Director for the Americas, Carlos Oliveira, Chairman of TAP, and Luís Rodrigues, CEO of TAP, are current on the occasion in Rio de Janeiro celebrating 60 years of TAP Air Portugal flights to Brazil.
TAP Air Portugal at the moment flies from London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester airports within the UK and from Dublin in Eire to Lisbon and Porto with onward connections to Brazil, Africa, Madeira, the Azores, the US and Canada. TAP has a stopover program that permits passengers on long-haul journeys to cease in Lisbon or Porto for as much as ten days with out further flight prices.
Tickets for flights could be booked at https://www.flytap.com/en_gb/ or via journey businesses.