TAP Air Portugal Debuts A321LR On Transatlantic Flights

They’ve also announced that they’ll be launching IAD with the A321neoLRs

Lucky are you sure that picture 'TAP A330-900neo business class' is a lie flat seat? It looks decidedly angled.

Personally prefer wide bodied aircraft to travel long distances. I just feel it's a better experience.

I just wish they would use them on LIS-TMS. At eight hours this is a long flight with only intra-European business class

@Jeremyfly - They've announced IAD, but they have said it will be an A330 in summer, the A321neoLR at certain parts of the winter schedule, not for the whole schedule.

@Lucky - TAP flies EWR - OPO either daily or 6 times a week in the summer - the two times weekly frequency is their winter frequency. So, 6 times weekly on a 321 in the summer is a capacity downgrade. That said, United also flies daily in the summer from EWR, so overall the market might have even more seats than it has had in the past.

J, It is an optical illusion because the seat itself is angled outward towards the aisle, but lies flat. It is basically the same as United's Polaris seat, with "window" seats having the foot well towards the window, and "aisle" seats having the footwell towards the aisle.

@HiAperture - thank you!

I hope some of those A321Neo’s will pop up from time to time on intra-European flights

They will use this aircraft on the new LIS-TLV route. On Google Flights they indicate flatbeds for this route.

The colors are lovely and simple. Very soothing. I am not in love with the 2x2 versus 1x1 so would prefer the A330 I think. It is a much nicer option to go to Portugal than United's planes.

Actually Lucky 3350 nm is not well within the range of the 321LR, it is right at the edge of it. Remember operation range is very different from still air range which is listed at 4000 nm. But once you account for additional flight time west bound especially in the winter with strong headwinds as well as alternate airport reserves you get an operational range of @3300 nm.

So out of the north east US you will see city pairs such as mad, par, the British isles, the Baltic country’s. But not likely to see Germany or deep Europe.

@Rob, actually the Baltics will be out of range when following your logic. Did you mean Benelux countries?

My best bet will be that TAP will increase flights to northeast Brazil, specifically to REC, a secondary hub for Azul.

@SeeSharp.

Yes you are correct I meant the Scandinavian country’s. I don’t know what I was thinking

on my itenirary the staggered lie flat is not showing up.. also what lounge should i use JFK-LIS ?