TAP Express
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| Founded | 2016 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Lisbon Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Porto Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | TAP Miles&Go | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 20 | ||||||
| Destinations | 23 | ||||||
| Parent company | TAP Air Portugal | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||
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| Website | flytap.com | ||||||
TAP Express (TAP standing for Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) is a Portuguese regional airline brand name for TAP Air Portugal which operates short and medium-haul routes. Its head office is on the grounds of Lisbon Portela Airport in Lisbon.
History
On 14 January 2016, TAP Portugal announced that PGA Portugália Airlines, its regional subsidiary, would be rebranded as TAP Express as of 27 March 2016,[1] as part of the restructuring measures within the group, even though the company still operates as a wholly owned company of TAP Air Portugal. Mainline carriers often use regional airlines to operate services in order to increase frequency, serve routes that would not sustain larger aircraft, or for other competitive reasons.
Also on 14 January 2016, TAP Air Portugal also announced that the entire Portugália fleet consisting of Fokker 100 and Embraer ERJ-145 would be replaced by July 2016 with new Embraer 190 and ATR 72-600 aircraft (the latter operated by White Airways) which received a livery similar to that of TAP Portugal.[1] White Airways, an airline owned by Omni Aviation, operated for TAP Express until 2022.[2]
TAP Air Portugal's lone wholly owned regional airline, Portugália Airlines, operated under the TAP Express banner until it was dissolved into parent TAP in 2022.[3]
Destinations
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Fleet
As of November 2022, the TAP Express fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| ATR 72-600 | 1 | — | — | 70 | 70 | Operated by Xfly[5] |
| Embraer 190 | 15 | — | — | 106 | 106 | Operated by Portugália Airlines[6] |
| Embraer 195 | 7 | — | — | 118 | 118 | |
| Total | 23 | — | ||||
References
- ^ a b atwonline.com - TAP Portugal creates TAP Express to replace Portugalia 15 January 2016
- ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 3 November 2022
- ^ aviation.direct - "Portugália Airlines to be merged with TAP" (German) 15 April 2022
- ^ "TAP Fleet - Explore the TAP aircraft - TAP Air Portugal". www.flytap.com.
- ^ "Xfly will operate to ATR 72-600 for TAP Express" (in German).
- ^ "TAP's Portugália Airlines adds maiden EMB-195".
External links
Media related to TAP Express at Wikimedia Commons
