TAP launches new route to Florianópolis, Brazil

TAP Air Portugal is hovering to new heights with its latest route to Florianópolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. 

From 3 September 2024, the Portuguese airline will provide three weekly flights between Lisbon and Florianópolis – Hercílio Luz International Airport, making it the one airline to provide 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 Economy and 25 in Business Class.

With a flight time of solely 11 hours, Brits can attain the browsing hub of South America very quickly, giving extra time to high up their tan on Florianópolis’ lovely seashores. The 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 now we have been in a position to deliver ahead the launch of this new route to a time when, due to the state of calamity in Rio Grande do Sul and the closure of Porto Alegre airport, the south of Brazil wants it a lot.

“An increase in supply to our biggest market, which is Brazil, is something we always want. With this new route, TAP reinforces its commitment to continue investing to be the European airline of choice for customers travelling to/from Brazil.”

Tickets for flights to Florianópolis at the moment are out there on flytap.com and from native journey brokers, with return fares beginning at solely £515, together with taxes and costs. Services have additionally been timed to enable easy connections onto TAP’s UK and Ireland community, together with London Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Dublin.

The new route to Florianópolis permits TAP to preserve its report degree of flights in the course of the European summer season, regardless of the short-term suspension of flights to Porto Alegre due to poor climate within the area.

This summer season, TAP will provide prospects 95 weekly flights between Lisbon and Brazil, a median 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 complete, 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 Leading Airline to South America by the World Travel Awards in recognition of its wonderful service. It additionally acquired the MICE Award for Best European Airline.