On 4 June, TAP Air Portugal will resume service between
Portugal and North America, operating two flights per week between Lisbon and
Newark, the carrier announced Thursday.
In July, TAP plans to expand that service to include two
weekly flights between each Boston, Miami and Toronto. Additionally, TAP will
add three new routes this summer: between Boston and Ponta Delgada in the
Azores on 1 July, between Toronto and Ponta Delgada on 2 July and between
Montreal and Lisbon on 30 July.
In total, TAP aims to have restored its total programme to
247 weekly flights by July, about 20 per cent of its schedule prior to the
Covid-19 pandemic, including service to 21 destinations in Europe and increased
domestic service. Portugal is currently in the midst of a reopening plan, with
street stores, rental cars and restaurants currently open, theatres and
shopping centres slated to open 1 June and beaches set to reopen 6 June.