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TAP Portugal launches flights from Porto to Luanda, Angola

TAP has launched direct flights to Luanda from Porto, starting the airline’s second service to the capital of Angola. 

The new intercontinental route from Portugal’s second biggest city will connect the two destinations, with a twice a week service via TAP’s fleet of next generation Airbus A330neos.

TAP first launched flights to Luanda from its Lisbon base in 1957, flying customers to the then Portuguese colony, on the west coast of Southern Africa.  

Now the new TAP service will double the routes from Portugal to Angola and offer even more flexibility for the airline’s business and growing leisure customers.

The new flights from Porto will leave Francisco Sá Carneiro airport on Wednesdays and Sundays at 1:30pm, arriving in Luanda at 9:35pm after a ADD TIME journey.

In the opposite direction, the service will depart from Quatro de Fevereiro airport at 11:20pm for its overnight flight, arriving into Porto at 7:45am the following day.

TAP’s flights between Porto and Luanda are operated by a next generation Airbus A330neo model, with capacity for a total of 298 customers, with 34 fully flat beds in Executive Class and 264 seats in Economy Class.

airBaltic to extend summer routes of Catania, Malta, Porto, Valencia into winter season

airBaltic Airbus A220-300 (Bombardier CS300 – BD-500-1A11) YL-AAR (msn 55053) MUC (Gunter Mayer). Image: 960488.

airBaltic will be extending its summer season direct flight offerings from Riga to Catania (Italy), Malta, Porto (Italy), and Valencia (Spain) into the upcoming winter season, starting from the end of October 2023. Altogether, the airline is also launching 11 new routes from the Baltics and Tampere (Finland) for the winter season, bringing its network to around 80 routes connecting Riga and other cities in the region. This is the largest number of new routes in a winter season ever seen at airBaltic.

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Flights to Catania will continue in November 2023 and resume again in March 2023, while flights to Malta, Porto, and Valencia will operate twice a week from November 2023. airBaltic takes passenger demand and preferences into consideration when selecting destinations, and these four locations have proven to be very popular as sunny leisure destinations.

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airBaltic launches flights to Bucharest, Porto, Burgas, Bilbao and Tivat

airBaltic this week is launching direct flights between five new destinations: Riga–Bucharest (Romania), Riga–Porto (Portugal), Riga–Burgas (Bulgaria), Riga–Bilbao (Spain), and Riga–Tivat (Montenegro).

Destination servedFlight frequencyStart datePrice *,GREEN
Riga – Bucharest (Romania)3 flights weeklyMay 1, 202379 EUR
Riga – Porto (Portugal)2 flights weeklyMay 1, 2023149 EUR
Riga – Burgas (Bulgaria)2 flights weeklyMay 2, 202399 EUR
Riga – Bilbao (Spain)2 flights weeklyMay 4, 2023149 EUR
Riga – Tivat (Montenegro)2 flights weeklyMay 4, 202389 EUR

*Lowest fare (one way), including taxes, fees and service charge.

Flights between Riga and Bucharest are scheduled to take 2 hours and 30 minutes, Riga and Porto 4 hours and 25 minutes, Riga and Burgas 2 hours and 40 minutes, Riga and Bilbao 3 hours and 50 minutes, and Riga and Tivat 2 hours and 40 minutes.

During the summer season 2023, airBaltic will offer 20 new routes from the Baltics and Tampere. This is the largest number of new routes in a single season provided by airBaltic.