Portugália
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| Portugália | ||
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| IATA NI |
ICAO PGA |
Callsign PORTUGALIA |
| Founded | 1988 | |
| Hubs | Portela Airport | |
| Focus cities / secondary hubs | Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | SkyClub | |
| Fleet size | 17 | |
| Destinations | 23 | |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Key people | João Ribeiro da Fonseca (President) | |
| Website: http://www.flypga.com | ||
Portugália (Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Aereos SA) is a regional airline based in Lisbon, Portugal. The airline operates scheduled international and domestic flights from Lisbon and Porto, together with charters to Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and Belgium. Its main base is Portela Airport, Lisbon, with a hub at Porto Airport (OPO).
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 25 July 1988 as a joint-stock company, but had to wait two years before it could start services, due to a delay in air transport liberalisation. It started operations on 7 July 1990 with a flight from Lisbon to Porto. It also flew from Lisbon to Faro that same day. It started operations with scheduled domestic and international charter flights, as scheduled international flights were not then permitted under Portuguese legislation. International scheduled flights started in June 1992 from Lisbon and Porto. Grupo Espirito Santo (GES) owns 84.34% of the company, which employs 745 staff. TAP intends to buy nearly all the shares from Grupo Espirito Santo in the Regional airline.
A subsidiary of Portugalia, PGA Express, operates services from Lisbon to A Coruña and Málaga.
[edit] Services
- For list of destinations see: Portugália destinations
[edit] Fleet
Portugália's fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 2006) [1] :
- 8 Embraer ERJ 145 EP
- 6 Fokker 100
- 2 Saab 2000 ( PGA Express)
- 2 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner (PGA Express)
- 1 (fokker F100 leased to portugalia)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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