Description

AIRLINE COMPANY : TAP ( Regular airline company), NATIONALITY : Portuguese, IATA : TP

The national Portuguese airline since 1945, TAP PORTUGAL currently serves 43 outbound destinations in 25 countries. It operates an average of 160/180 daily flights all exclusively operated by a young fleet of A319, A320 and A321 on medium haul flights and A310, A330 and A340 on long-hauls.In 2005, the airline flew 6,378,707 passengers.TAP PORTUGAL is the 16th member of Star Alliance partnership which includes the following airlines: Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Bmi, LOT, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Spanair, South African, SWISS, Thai Airways International, United, US Airways et Varig.TAP PORTUGAL’s frequent traveller program Victoria permits to cumulate miles on its planes as well as those of other Star Alliance carriers. In 2005, TAP PORTUGAL was chosen by the French Military (DGA) to ensure the full maintenance of 2 airbus planes A320-200 for the French Air-Force over a 5 years’ span minimum. TAP PORTUGAL is accredited with the certification of the safety requirement system IOSA (IATA Operational Safety To that). IOSA is an internationally recognized system of performance evaluation that monitors the management and control of the airline industry. All audits are performed according to industry standards.
This airline is a member of Star Alliance partnership. Star Alliance was created in 1997 with the objective to offer passengers a higher scope of services than those individually provided by airlines.Thanks to its enlarged world coverage, Star Alliance now serves 842 airports in 152 countries, operating more than 15500 daily flights.
Source : company

Created: 1945
Number of passengers per year: 6 500 000
Number of planes: 60
Label IOSA
Type of planes: Airbus, Fokker, Embraer
Source : Airvalid