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5% Growth For TAP Portugal In First Half Of 2019

Over the first six months of 2019, Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air carried almost eight million passengers, 4.8% higher than the year before. Growth was recorded in all network sectors apart from Central and South Atlantic, with particular success noted in North America.

The carrier notes that some of its newest routes were launched partway through the first half of the year, so their effects on traffic growth have only been moderately felt by this point. They also note the launch of three new routes in September – Porto to Munich and Lyon, and Lisbon to Banjul – saying that with the help of these, 2019 will be a record-breaking year for the airline.

Growth in all network sectors
According to the company’s statement, TAP Portugal has seen passenger increases in all of its network sectors, excluding South and Central Atlantic. In particular, it highlights success in the North American market, where 428,000 passengers were transported, a growth of 9.6% over the previous year. Africa too has proven successful for TAP, where passenger traffic grew 8.5% to 586,000 passengers.

For short-haul, the performance has been solid too. Excluding domestic routes, TAP saw growth of 4.9%, moving 227,000 more than the same period last year. In total, 4.8 million passengers traveled around Europe using TAP Air.

Domestically, and we use that term loosely, the market has been slower. Mainland domestic (flights between Lisbon, Porto and Faro) only grew by 1.8%. However, this was bolstered by ‘domestic’ flights to the autonomous regions of Portugal, including to Madeira and the Azores, which grew 4.9%.

TAP Air’s strategy of supplying an hourly shuttle between Lisbon and Porto has paid off too. Called the ‘Ponte Aerea’, this route is operated by White Airways on behalf of Tap Express and has grown 5.8% in the first half of 2019 to 400,000 passengers…

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