Airline News - the "old" world

In order to provide more information about flight companys the first edition is important for Travellers from Europe.

TAP Air Portugal is the main airline providing flights to the kitesurfing destinations in the North East of Brazil directly via Lisbon, and due to privatization efforts of the portuguese government TAP is close to get into a merger with some major european companies interrested. The deal should be finalized, according to links below, still in  2012. Involved also operations at  the HUB in Lisbon

Lufthansa and IAG (International Airline Group - including British Airways and Iberia) seem to be the biggest players in this matter.

Tap is flying at the moment to different locations in Brazil with following capacities. shows seat capacity per week.

Source: CAPA

Soccer World Cup and Olympics in Rio, as well as increasing tourism make these destinations truly attractive.

The entire story with evaluation and insights of TAP airlines : here

In order to stay up to date with recent developements & past news : here

A merger between TAP and either Lufthansa or IAG will for sure have a big impact for the destination Brazil. In Lisbon itself several bidders are interested in the operations of the HUB - Lisbon.