Portugália

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Portugália

IATA NI	ICAO PGA	Callsign PORTUGALIA
Founded		1988
Hubs		Portela Airport
Focus cities		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).

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[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. Espírito Santo Financial Group (GES) owns 84.34% of the company, which employs 745 staff. TAP Portugal 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.