TAP Portugal, commonly known as TAP, is the national airline of Portugal. It is based at Lisbon's Portela Airport, and has been a member of the Star Alliance airline alliance since 14 March 2005, the same day on which the company celebrated its 60th anniversary. Its hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway at the crossroads of Africa, North America and South America. TAP's route network comprises 65 destinations in 30 countries worldwide. TAP oper...
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TAP Portugal, commonly known as TAP, is the national airline of Portugal. It is based at Lisbon's Portela Airport, and has been a member of the Star Alliance airline alliance since 14 March 2005, the same day on which the company celebrated its 60th anniversary. Its hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway at the crossroads of Africa, North America and South America. TAP's route network comprises 65 destinations in 30 countries worldwide. TAP operates over 1,600 weekly flights with a fleet of 53 Airbus aircraft, and 16 further aircraft servicing regional subsidiary carrier Portugalia.
The airline was founded on 14 March 1945, beginning commercial service on 19 September 1946, from Lisbon to Madrid with a Douglas DC-3 under the name Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (TAP). On 31 December that year, TAP began its Linha Aérea Imperial, a twelve-stop service including Luanda, Angola and Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique.
In 1947, domestic services commenced from Lisbon to Porto as...
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