TAP Air Portugal has announced plans to add three new seasonal routes across the Atlantic in the summer of 2025, though two of them aren’t from Lisbon.
TAP Air Portugal’s three new transatlantic routes
TAP Air Portugal plans to add three new seasonal routes in the summer of 2025, which aren’t served by any other airlines. Specifically, the airline will fly:
- 4x weekly between Boston and Porto using Airbus A321LRs
- 4x weekly between Los Angeles and Lisbon using Airbus A330-900neos
- 1x weekly between San Francisco and Terceira using Airbus A330-900neos
Here’s how Carlos Antunes, TAP Air Portugal’s Director for the Americas, describes these routes:
“We’re tremendously excited to announce new service from Logan to Porto, LAX to Lisbon and SFO to the Azores. Los Angeles will become TAP’s eighth US gateway. And, of course, all three new routes include our popular Portugal Stopover program where you can enjoy up to 10 days in Portugal enroute to any of our destinations in Europe, or on the way home, for no additional airfare.”
Let’s take a look at the details…
TAP Air Portugal’s Boston to Porto route
Between May 14 and October 25, 2025, TAP Air Portugal will offer 4x weekly flights between Boston (BOS) and Porto (OPO). The route will be operated by an Airbus A321LR with the following schedule:
TP227 Porto to Boston departing 6:05PM arriving 8:30PM
TP228 Boston to Porto departing 11:00PM arriving 10:35AM (+1 day)
The 3,145-mile route is blocked at 7hr25min westbound and 6hr35min eastbound. It will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, in both directions.
This isn’t the first transatlantic flight that TAP Air Portugal will operate out of Porto, as the airline also flies to Newark (EWR). For that matter, the carrier flies from the airport to both Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Sao Paulo (GRU).
TAP Air Portugal’s Los Angeles to Lisbon route
Between May 16 and October 25, 2025, TAP Air Portugal will offer 4x weekly flights between Los Angeles (LAX) and Lisbon (LIS). The route will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo with the following schedule:
TP247 Lisbon to Los Angeles departing 9:55AM arriving 2:40PM
TP248 Los Angeles to Lisbon departing 4:40PM arriving 12:00PM (+1 day)
The 5,690-mile route is blocked at 12hr45min westbound and 11hr20min eastbound. It will operate on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, in both directions.
I’ve always found it surprising that TAP Air Portugal doesn’t fly to Los Angeles, so it’s interesting that this will only be a seasonal flight. I guess the airline can better utilize planes on a year-round basis to Latin America. This will be TAP Air Portugal’s eighth gateway in the United States, after Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), San Francisco (SFO), and Washington (IAD).
TAP Air Portugal’s San Francisco to Terceira route
Between June 3 and August 26, 2025, TAP Air Portugal will offer 1x weekly flights between San Francisco (SFO) and Terceira (TER). The route will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo with the following schedule:
TP241 Terceira to San Francisco departing 1:00PM arriving 4:45PM
TP240 San Francisco to Terceira departing 6:45PM arriving 11:15AM (+1 day)
The 4,918-mile route is blocked at 10hr45min westbound and 9hr30min eastbound. It will operate on Tuesdays in both directions. San Francisco to Terceira is a new route for the airline, though Azores Airlines flies seasonally from Oakland (OAK) to Terceira using a leased wide body jet. This represents TAP Air Portugal’s transatlantic return to the Azores, as the airline used to fly from Boston to Ponta Delgada (PDL), but discontinued that route.
Bottom line
TAP Air Portugal is adding three new seasonal routes in the summer of 2025. This includes a new Los Angeles to Lisbon flight, a new Boston to Porto flight, and a new San Francisco to Terceira flight. It’s always fun to see new routes added, so I’m sure many people planning travel to and from Portugal (and beyond) will benefit from this.
What do you make of TAP Air Portugal’s new transatlantic routes?
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