- TAP Air Portugal -

Founded: March 14, 1945 established by state as Transportes Aeleros Portugueses. Start operating domestic routes with refurbished WW II military transport planes, i.e. Douglas DC - 3s and DC - 4s, Septermber 19, 1946. Bought 4 Douglas DC - 4's from KLM in 1947 and opened service to Paris and London in 1948. Merged with Aero Porguesa in 1948.

TAP Air Portugal Today: Government-owned linking Lisbon with 52 destinations in Africa, Europe and Americas.

Destination Cities: (include but not limited to) Abidjan,
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bissau, Bologna, Brazaville, Brussels, Caracus, Copenhagen, Curacao, Dublin(Ireland), Geneva, Hambug, Hannover, Harare, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, London, Luanda, Luxemberg, Lyon, Madrid, Macau, Maputo, Milan, Munich, New York, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sal, Salvador de Bahia, Santo Domingo, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Stuttgart,
Tel Aviv, Turin, Vienna and Zurich.

Annual Revenue: USD$ 1,000 million.

Passengers: 4.2 million.

Cargo: 70,000 tons.

Employees: 9,200.

Fleet:
Airbus A310-200 (2).
Airbus A310-300 (5).
Airbus A318-100 (2).
Airbus A319-200 (4).
Airbus A320-200 (9).
Airbus A340-300 (6).
Airbus A380-500 (3).
Boeing 737-200adv (5).
Boeing 737-200C adv (1).
Boeing 737-300 (10).
Lockheed L1011 TriStar 500 (4).
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (2).

-- VFG