During the Christmas and New Year period TAP is to increase flights to several destinations in Europe and Africa offering more than 5,200 seats in total. With the aim of meeting the increased demand registered in this period the Company has programmed a range of increased capacity and extra flights that will run from mid December to January 18 2009 covering France, Switzerland and Luxemburg in Europe, Angola and Cape Verde in Africa.
In Europe, TAP will hold 14 extra flights connecting Portugal to Paris and Luxemburg to Zurich, departing from Lisbon and Porto, plus more than two thousand seats on its regular flights to these destinations.
Six extra flights with an additional capacity of around 900 seats to Luxemburg are scheduled along with two extra flights to Zurich and 452 seats, plus six extra flights to Paris – Orly representing a further 700 additional seats.
In addition to the extra flights to Europe TAP is also increasing capacity on its flights to Luanda with four additional flights departing from Lisbon and two other flights connecting the Angolan capital and Porto which in total amount to an increase in capacity of more than 3,200 seats. Along the same lines the city of Praia in Cape Verde will be served by extra daily flights between December 15 - 23 and December 25 - January 18 2009.
To add to this extra capacity to several cities in Europe and Africa, during this festive season TAP will also be running an extra 103 flights to Madeira and the Azores as previously advertised, more than 24 thousand additional seats between the Continent and these Regions.
