TAP Extends Its Longest Route to Year-Round

For the upcoming winter season, TAP will operate the route three times per week, with flights departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Ryan Ewing

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM ET

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A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900neo (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)

Key Takeaways:

TAP Air Portugal announced that it will extend its new Los Angeles to Lisbon route to year-round service. This flight, which began on May 16, was initially planned as a seasonal route operating through October 25.

At 5,690 miles, the Los Angeles–Lisbon flight is TAP’s longest scheduled route and the only nonstop service between Southern California and Portugal.

For the upcoming winter season, TAP will operate the route three times per week, with flights departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Service is operated on Airbus A330-900neo aircraft.

The airline serves eight U.S. destinations: Los Angeles, New York, Newark, New Jersey, Boston, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles. This summer, TAP says it is offering over 100 weekly flights from 11 North American markets, including Toronto, Montreal, and Cancun.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.