Wednesday, April 6, 2016

TAP will debut new Airspace version of the A330 – Express

More on-board lights with a next-generation LED lighting system, more entertainment, bigger screens, more space for luggage and passengers. It is what it promises the new concept Airspace Airbus. And TAP will be the first operator of the new A330neo aircraft equipped with this new cabin version. The agreement was signed Wednesday with Airbus on AIX. – Aircraft Interiors Expo 2016 in Hamburg

The transaction concerns 14 A330-900neo aircraft with Airspace version of Airbus, which should arrive TAP from the end of 2017. it is recalled that the Portuguese airline ordered 53 aircraft last year to complement and renew its current fleet of 77 aircraft. It is 14 Airbus 330-900neo for the long haul and 39 Airbus A320neo, of which 15 are A 320neo and 24 are A321neo, shorthaul, appliances Portuguese businessman Humberto Pedrosa and American David Neeleman – owners private TAP -consideram cheaper and more efficient for long journeys, where else to invest.

No effect were 12 new A350-900 that TAP ordered before privatization. A330neo is an adaptation between the two bestsellers Airbus. – The A330 and the A350 XWB
With renewed fleet, the new shareholders intend to launch enhance routes to the United States and release between eight and ten new routes to Brazil. In February, TAP announced new daily direct flights to Lisbon from New York – John F. Kennedy International Airport, which recorded a total of 30 million international travelers of passengers in 2015, and also of Boston. – Logan International Airport

“we are extremely proud that TAP is the first airline to operate the Airbus Airspace cabin in the new A330neo aircraft. It is with great anticipation that both our passengers and our crew will be able to benefit from a new travel experience provided by this new and innovative aircraft cabin design. Moreover, the Airspace cabin is a new concept on which we can project the TAP brand, “said Trey Urbahn, CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) TAP Wednesday in Hamburg.

” We are pleased to confirm today that TAP will become the first company to introduce the Airbus Airspace cabin in new aircraft A330neo. Developed for the passengers and the airlines, Airspace covers four basic pillars: comfort, ambience, service and design, thus ensuring that the Airbus aircraft cabins continue to be the benchmark in the sector, both the experience level offered to passengers as the value provided to airlines, “said in turn François Caudron, senior vice president of marketing for Airbus.

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