Portugália

Portugália
IATA
NI		 ICAO
PGA		 Callsign
PORTUGALIA
Founded 1988
Hubs Portela Airport
Focus cities Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport
Frequent-flyer program Victoria
Fleet size 16 (with PGA Express)
Destinations 23
Parent company TAP Portugal
Headquarters Lisbon Portela Airport
Lisbon, Portugal
Key people Luiz Plácido Lapa (CEO)
Website PGA

Portugália–Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Aéreos, S.A., doing business as Portugália, is a regional airline with its head office in Building 70 on the grounds of Lisbon Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal,[1][2] and a subsidiary of TAP Portugal. When it was an independent company its head office was in Building 70 on the grounds of Portela Airport in Lisbon. It operates scheduled international and domestic services from Lisbon and Porto, as well as European charter services, since 2007 exclusively under TAP flight codes.[3] Its main base is Portela Airport, Lisbon, but it has a secondary hub at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, Porto.[4]

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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 liberalization. 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. On 6 November 2006, TAP and Portugalia's owners Grupo Espirito Santo, announced TAP's acquisition of 99.81% of Portugalia shares, subject to approval by the regulatory authorities. It has 750 employees (at March 2007). Portugalia was to join the SkyTeam Alliance in 2008,[4] but since it was bought by Star Alliance member TAP Portugal, its not known if it will join Star Alliance as a regional member.

A subsidiary of Portugalia, PGA Express, operates services from Lisbon to A Coruña, Bilbao, Málaga and Valencia.

For several years, Portugália was granted with the "Best Regional Airline in Europe" stamp and in 2005 was granted in second place in the category "Best Airline of Europe" by Skytrack.

Destinations

For list of destinations see: Portugália destinations

Fleet

The Portugalia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2010)[4] :

Portugália Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers Routes Notes
J Y Total
Embraer ERJ 145 EP 8 6 39 45 Domestic and European
Fokker 100 6 8 87 95 Domestic and European
Beechcraft 1900D 2 0 19 19 Spain destinations PGA Express
Total Number of Aircraft 16

Incidents

On 11 August 2001 the left main landing gear of a Portugalia Fokker 100 aircraft collapsed during taxi at Lisbon Airport. No-one was injured.

References

  1. ^ "Contact Information." Portugália. Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "Aeroporto de Lisboa Rua C - Edifício 70 1749-078 Lisboa PORTUGAL"
  2. ^ "2009 Annual Report." TAP Portugal. 88. Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "REGISTERED OFFICE Aeroporto de Lisboa Rua C - Edifício 70 1749-078 LISBOA"
  3. ^ Presstur
  4. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 63. 2007-04-10. 

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