The airline company TAP Air Portugal confirmed to have increased his flight suspensions for the month that has just begun, following new travel restrictions targeting the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Deprived since last week of connections with Brazil but also the United Kingdom among others, the Portuguese national company has again reduced its flight program, passing from 73% to 93% of the suppressed offer compared to February 2020.
In a note to the stock market authorities on January 31, 2021, TAP Air Portugal explains that due to “additional restrictions on flights and the mobility of people, as determined by national authorities and third countries in which it operates”, in order to contain the global spread of the pandemic, in February it will reduce 20% more »The offer initially planned.
During this period, TAP will continue to provide “national air mobility” between the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Madeira and the Azores. In addition, it will provide an international air connection to cities where the Portuguese diaspora is important, with Paris, Nice, Toulouse, Marseille and Lyon in France and to airports such as “Newark, Boston, Toronto, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Valence, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Zurich, Luxembourg, Milan, Rome, Bissau, Conakry, Dakar, Maputo, Praia, São Vicente et São Tomé et Principe ».
The company of Star Alliance will also operate, “in coordination with the competent national and foreign authorities”, humanitarian flights and repatriation, whenever deemed necessary ”.
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– TAP Air Portugal (@tapairportugal) January 31, 2021