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TAP Air Portugal is hovering to new heights with its latest path to Florianópolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil.
From 3 September 2024, the Portuguese airline will supply three weekly flights between Lisbon and Florianópolis – Hercílio Luz Worldwide Airport, making it the one airline to supply a direct connection from Europe. With Forianópolis changing into the airline’s twelfth vacation spot in Brazil, TAP continues to develop its technique reinforcing the geographical comfort of Portugal as a gateway to Brazil and South America.
Flights to the coastal metropolis of Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina, can be operated by the airline’s Airbus A330-200 plane, providing prospects the selection of 244 seats in Financial system and 25 in Enterprise Class.
With a flight time of solely 11 hours, Brits can attain the browsing hub of South America very quickly, giving extra time to prime up their tan on Florianópolis’ lovely seashores. The brand new flights between Lisbon and Florianópolis will function each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, departing Lisbon between 10:10 and 10:50 and arriving in Florianópolis between 17:15 and 17:55 native time.
On the return, flights depart from the capital of Santa Catarina between 19:35 and 20:40, arriving into the Portuguese capital between 09:50 and 10:55 the next morning. Luís Rodrigues, TAP Air Portugal CEO, stated: “The launch of the flight to the state of Santa Catarina has been into account for a while.
“For TAP, it is vitally necessary that we now have been capable of carry ahead the launch of this new path to a time when, as a result of state of calamity in Rio Grande do Sul and the closure of Porto Alegre airport, the south of Brazil wants it a lot.
“A rise in provide to our greatest market, which is Brazil, is one thing we at all times need. With this new route, TAP reinforces its dedication to proceed investing to be the European airline of alternative for patrons travelling to/from Brazil.”
Tickets for flights to Florianópolis are actually out there on flytap.com and from native journey brokers, with return fares beginning at solely £515, together with taxes and prices. Providers have additionally been timed to permit easy connections onto TAP’s UK and Eire community, together with London Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Dublin.
The brand new path to Florianópolis permits TAP to keep up its report stage of flights in the course of the European summer time, regardless of the momentary suspension of flights to Porto Alegre resulting from poor climate within the area.
This summer time, TAP will supply prospects 95 weekly flights between Lisbon and Brazil, a mean of greater than 13 flights a day, departing from 11 Brazilian state capitals.
The airline already flies instantly from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Fortaleza, Natal, Maceió, Porto Alegre, Recife and Salvador to Lisbon, in addition to connecting Porto to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
In whole, TAP will now serve 12 cities in Brazil, totalling 14 routes from a mixture of Lisbon and Porto.
For 10 consecutive years, TAP has been voted Europe’s Main Airline to South America by the World Journey Awards in recognition of its wonderful service. It additionally obtained the MICE Award for Greatest European Airline.
