TAP Air Portugal extends Lisbon-Los Angeles flight to year-round service

Carlos Antunes, TAP Air Portugal's Director for the Americas, stated last year in an interview with Simple Flying: "Los Angeles is also an attraction. It's a destination. We can sell it in Portugal and beyond as a destination and create the possibility of these combined trips in California, coming into LA, leaving out from San Francisco, and vice versa."

Based at its hub in Lisbon Airport, TAP Air Portugal operates transatlantic services from the Iberian Peninsula to eight U.S. airports across 11 routes. Alongside Lisbon-LAX, two other new routes have been added: Porto-Boston and Terceira-San Francisco.

The Portuguese carrier flies primarily Airbus jets including A330neo aircraft which seat up to 298 passengers across business and economy classes. It has been operating A330neos since November 2018 when it became the launch customer for this type of aircraft.

In addition to these developments in its U.S. network expansion strategy for summer 2025 comprising a record number of routes involving three Portuguese airports serving eight U.S destinations—TAP remains committed as one of Europe’s leading full-service carriers founded back in 1945 with membership within Star Alliance under CEO Luís Rodrigues’ leadership.