ARCHIVE: TAP Air Portugal [TP] new routes and changes (obsolete)
Mar 30, 2017, 4:25 am
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So LFW confirmed. good call tff
TAP Portugal from July 2017 plans to add service to Lome in Togo, opened for bookings this week. The airline from 17JUL17 plans to operate 2 weekly Lisbon – Accra – Lome – Lisbon route, and 2 weekly in opposite direction. Airbus A320 aircraft will operate this route.
TP1524 LIS1640 – 2125ACC2210 – 2255LFW2355 – 0640+1LIS 320 15
TP1525 LIS1640 – 2125LFW2210 – 2255ACC2355 – 0640+1LIS 320 37
TP1524 LIS1640 – 2125ACC2210 – 2255LFW2355 – 0640+1LIS 320 15
TP1525 LIS1640 – 2125LFW2210 – 2255ACC2355 – 0640+1LIS 320 37
Mar 31, 2017, 4:49 am
#287
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Interesting that they're making this a triangle route instead of a point to point. I remember they once had this in Europe with LIS-PRG-BUD-LIS until they cut BUD, though I guess here the difference in flight time is only about an hour or so.
Apr 2, 2017, 6:49 am
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Interestingly, this will result in twice daily flights from LIS to ACC on sunday:
And also from ACC to LIS:
TP1529 LIS0945 - 1430ACC
TP1525 LIS1640 – 2125LFW2210 – 2255ACC
TP1525 LIS1640 – 2125LFW2210 – 2255ACC
TP1528 ACC2225 - 0510+1LIS
TP1525 ACC2355 – 0640+1LIS
TP1525 ACC2355 – 0640+1LIS
Apr 19, 2017, 8:50 am
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TAP Portugal launches LCY-LIS
From 29/Oct onwards, TP will operate two daily flights during Mon-Fri and one daily flight during weekend to Lisbon.
Schedule:
TP344 LIS>LCY 0700/0940 (Mon-Sat)
TP346 LIS>LCY 1630/1910 (Mon-Fri, Sun)
TP349 LCY>LIS 1020/1255 (Mon-Sat)
TP347 LCY>LIS 1950/2225 (Mon-Fri, Sun)
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Any chance that BA may follow soon as well?
Schedule:
TP344 LIS>LCY 0700/0940 (Mon-Sat)
TP346 LIS>LCY 1630/1910 (Mon-Fri, Sun)
TP349 LCY>LIS 1020/1255 (Mon-Sat)
TP347 LCY>LIS 1950/2225 (Mon-Fri, Sun)
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Any chance that BA may follow soon as well?
Apr 19, 2017, 8:56 am
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Forgive my ignorance, but I can't see it being a route that's high-yield enough to work from LCY for some reason. Will it get enough pax for TAP to run 2 flights a day and BA to run any more on top of that?
Apr 19, 2017, 9:12 am
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Wonder who's next to sell one (or more) LHR slots for big money then ! ?
When you factor that in I'm sure it might make a lot more sense ... nice addition to the LCY route network anyway - good timings for a weekend break at least
When you factor that in I'm sure it might make a lot more sense ... nice addition to the LCY route network anyway - good timings for a weekend break at least
Apr 19, 2017, 9:18 am
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TAP have one of the earliest slots at Heathrow that apparently they tried to offload but no one wants it. All we need now is AF to start A318 flights to LCY...
Apr 19, 2017, 9:29 am
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If it didn't im sure many other airlines would love to fly there!
Oh, and a slightly longer runway would help things even more!
500 meters more should be plenty enough for A320's and B737's.
Apr 19, 2017, 9:46 am
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Are the A320 and 737s certified for the steep approach?
Apr 19, 2017, 10:06 am
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I'm pretty sure it's getting a taxiway and ramp expansion soon.
Apr 19, 2017, 10:09 am
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Interesting - there's a fair bit of business travel UK-Portugal at the minute in the finance sector...(banks/funds looking at large non-performing loan books...), but in fact the flight timings for this one seem more geared towards business travel FROM Lisbon to London, not the other way around (which would need an earlier morning departure from LCY and a later return)
My only other guess is that TAP are trying to build on their connecting traffic to Brazil/Angola (oil) and a few other places, which makes some sense from LCY (as KLM have done, pretty successfully I think).
Still...will be interesting to see how this one really performs for them.
My only other guess is that TAP are trying to build on their connecting traffic to Brazil/Angola (oil) and a few other places, which makes some sense from LCY (as KLM have done, pretty successfully I think).
Still...will be interesting to see how this one really performs for them.
Apr 19, 2017, 10:11 am
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Whether city folk have interests in the airline's portfolio of niche destinations in Brasil and Africa, I don't know.
Apr 19, 2017, 10:15 am
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Interesting - there's a fair bit of business travel UK-Portugal at the minute in the finance sector...(banks/funds looking at large non-performing loan books...), but in fact the flight timings for this one seem more geared towards business travel FROM Lisbon to London, not the other way around (which would need an earlier morning departure from LCY and a later return)
Apr 19, 2017, 11:14 am
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318s only and they require a software mod and an additional push button added to the overhead panel in the cockpit. Plus pilot training.
Main issue at LCY is lack of 318 sized parking spaces - there are only 2/3 iirc right at the east end of the apron, and only one taxiway is approved which presents capacity issues beyond the existing BA JFK service.
Main issue at LCY is lack of 318 sized parking spaces - there are only 2/3 iirc right at the east end of the apron, and only one taxiway is approved which presents capacity issues beyond the existing BA JFK service.
Apr 19, 2017, 1:20 pm
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Yes, precisely - but the scheduling makes me think TAP must have their eye on connecting traffic or Portugal to U.K. business traffic rather than the UK to Portugal business traffic - the flight times are frankly very poor for them to capture any serious market share on U.K. to Portugal business travel