Tag: TAP
14. TAP Executive, Lisbon Portela – Paris Orly, Airbus A321NEO: Excellent in the air, pitiful on the ground!
What a rush: it's after a reduced connection time that I headed for this last flight of my return itinerary to Paris.
As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
Connection process
I disembarked aboard a PAXBUS, which took around ten minutes...
TAP Executive, Madrid Barajas – Lisbon Portela, Airbus A320: badly delayed, shameful service
I left the lounge about 45 minutes before my flight to Lisbon was due to depart.
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As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
Boarding
When I arrived at the gate, boarding was about to begin.
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As usual with the Portuguese airline, 4...
TAP Executive, Lisbon Portela – Madrid Barajas, Embraer 190: A delay longer than the flight time!
Last leg of this outbound itinerary to Madrid from Paris with TAP.
As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
Boarding
Pendant mon séjour au salon, j’ai remarqué le départ serait décalé d’environ 25 minutes sur FlightRadar24, bien que rien ne soit...
TAP Show, Lisbon Portela: Lame, as usual
After a pleasant flight from Paris-Orly, I used the lounge provided for Star Alliance Gold and Business passengers by TAP Air Portugal in Lisbon.
As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
Connection process
The bus took about ten minutes from our...
TAP Executive, Paris Orly – Lisbon Portela, Airbus A321LR: Excellent surprise on the hard product
After a very interesting morning at the Paris Air Forum, I left a little earlier than planned, at lunchtime, for Orly airport.
As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
Check-in and ground experience
I completed the online check-in formalities just over...
What about the codeshare between Etihad and TAP?
Etihad has been multiplying its codeshare agreements of late, but while the most recent ones seemed to make a certain amount of sense, the latest one with TAP may tell us more about the airline's real strategy.
Etihad and...
Air France-KLM and SAS: what to expect next?
Air France-KLM's acquisition of a stake in SAS is unlikely to change anything in the short term, and even in the long term there are a number of grey areas.
Since the deal was announced, customers of both airlines...
Towards a new balance of power in European airline industry? Yes and no.
There's a lot of talk that the consolidation underway will totally change the European air transport landscape, with a new balance of power. In practice, this is true, but there are many nuances to consider.
With IAG buying Air Europa,...
Consolidation of European airlines and takeover of TAP: beware of panic buys
As expected, the European sky is consolidating, and the European majors seem to be in a buying frenzy. Even if it means getting into mischief?
ITA before yesterday, SAS yesterday, TAP tomorrow and who knows what the day after?...