Portugal's prime minister visited the Bay Area this week, and has just announced that TAP Air Portugal will be launching flights between Lisbon and San Francisco as of 2019. This route has been rumored for quite a while, though this is the first official confirmation about the route. As of now the details of the…
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Guaranteed to be on the 330 NEO...
RE TAP to SFO -- also, there is a not inconsequential Portuguese ethnic population in central California. Think Congressman Devin Nunes for example. Recall SATA (now Azores Airlines) has flown nonstop seasonally for years from OAK; they maintain a sales office in San Jose.
Don't forget that Jet Blue has a close relationship--arguably closer than United--with TAP Air Portugal. This gives JetBlue customers on the West Coast, particularly Los Angeles, an easy way to get to Europe.
@FNT Delta Diamond - how does this do this exactly? Any "JetBlue customers" (whatever that means) in Los Angeles will still need to connect over Boston or New York to get on a TAP flight - JetBlue doesnt fly from LAX to SFO, so not sure how this flight to SFO would benefit them. JetBlue provides feed to TAP at gateways such as Boston and JFK where United doesnt have much of a network. At Newark, United provides feed. I'm sure they'll get feed from UA at SFO, as UA has a much larger network there.
I would only take them as a last resort. The FA's have no regard for passengers, food is gross. Plus they bump passengers and try to avoid compensation at all costs.
I was mapping out ANA RTW options the other day for a future trip. This looks like a cool option since Portugal is one destination we'd like to hit... but... ITA Matrix says TP would charge a $245 YQ for one way LIS-EWR, so I would think it would be that much or more for LIS-SFO. Ouch.
TAP Air Portugal is maybe a step above LCC. Maybe. Some would say it is equal to a LCC in everything except price.
Those seats look quite unusual.
The "throne by the window" is one I haven't seen before. All the space looks nice but 1) how easy is it to actually look out the window from that seat?, and 2) how spacious is that foot cubby?
Conversely, the set of double seats by the window in other rows look somewhat cramped.
Is this a configuration where there are major winners and major losers depending on which seat you get?
Yes, the number one reason would be the large Portuguese population in the Bay area.
Great news! Looking forward to this route -- it's been a long time since TAP meant "Take Another Plane."
They will start flying to Buenos Aires next year too.
Edelweiss will do the same by November from Zurich.
Why can they show love with San Jose? This is the real heart of the Silicon Valley.