Azores

British Airways announced on Wednesday the expansion of its 2022 summer schedule with the addition of flights to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The airline will connect its hub at London Heathrow’s Airport with the islands of São Miguel and Terceira, Portugal. Flights will be operated on a weekly basis with an Airbus A320 […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has instilled a lot of uncertainty these days when it comes to the resumption of air travel. Airlines are drastically cutting back fleets and retiring aircraft every day. Long haul flying is going to look very different as it starts to return. However, one carrier is trying to retain some air of […]

TAP Air Portugal, Portugal’s national airline, announced Tuesday new nonstop service to the United States from the Azores, according to an emailed statement obtained by AirlineGeeks. Launched this week, the flight marks the airline’s only nonstop service between Ponta Delgada, Portugal and Boston. The inaugural flight departed yesterday from Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II International Airport […]

Azores Airlines resumed non-stop international operations with flights to Frankfurt, Germany; Boston and Toronto. Boston and Toronto are focus destinations of the airline as a large number of Azorean emigrants reside in these cities. The airline is also slated to reinstate its air service to Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Cape Verde in August with […]

TAP Air Portugal, Portugal’s flag carrier, announced it is adding two new routes to its network in Summer 2020. One will connect Boston to Ponta Delgada in the Azores and the other will connect TAP’s hub in Lisbon to Montreal, Canada. Both flights will be operated with the new Airbus A321neoLR. While the flight between […]

While the Azores may be a vacation destination to many travelers, the airline is currently dealing with its own trouble in paradise. The main international arm of the SATA Group, Azores Airlines, has struggled to pull in the crowds for sustainability and is now barely staying afloat. Azores Airlines, originally titled SATA Internacional, was formed […]