The statement announces that in addition to Bissau, where no longer
flies from the end of 2012 (to read more click: TAP resumes flights to Bissau 1
December prices roundtrip from 411 euros), TAP will have the
IATA next winter, from late October to late March, three more flights
a week to Dakar and one flight a week to São Tomé.
For Cape Verde, the total increase will be eight flights per
week over the winter 2015/2016, to the capital, Praia, and also to the salt and
Saint Vincent.
This summer TAP also reinforced other destinations in Africa,
having doubled the number of flights to Casablanca, to 14 per week, and
placed three more flights per week to Marrakech and two per week to
Tangier.
With the resumption of flights to Guinea-Bissau, TAP now
fly to 14 destinations in Africa, notes the statement from the company, which says
although in July its flights from / to Africa had
6% more passengers than in the same month last year.
The airline, however, makes no reference in the statement
two African destinations that are traditionally their most routes
important in revenues, Angola and Mozambique.
from Lisbon Airport Data that the PressTUR had access
indicate that in July TAP flights and other companies from the capital
Portuguese and Africa totaled 135,100 passengers, plus 9.9% or more than 12 000
in the same month last year, with Angola and Mozambique penalized the
evolution.
Flights to / from Angola, the first source / destination in Africa,
operating TAP and TAAG, totaled 37,757 passengers in July, less than 7.9%
a year earlier, while links with Mozambique, where only TAP has flights
direct, transported 7,947, a decrease of 22.4% compared to July 2015.
For Guinea-Bissau, which currently has flights to / from Lisbon
euroAtlantic, Aeorporto data from Lisbon to the PressTUR had access
indicate a decline of 5.7% in passenger numbers in July to 2,411.
The flights from / to Algeria, Cape Verde, Morocco, Sao Tome and
Senegal, on the contrary, had the number of passengers increases
transported in July.
Cape Verde, as main source / destination in Africa
number of passengers at Lisbon Airport, with regular flights TAP and
TACV and also charters totaled 34,569 passengers, an increase of 19%.
This was followed by Morocco with flights TAP and Royal Air Maroc, with
25,415 passengers and an increase of 63.3% and then Senegal, which Lisbon
just have TAP flights with 10.644 + 27.5% a year ago.
Mozambique with 7,947 passengers, was the 5th origin / destination
African more passengers in Lisbon, followed Ghana only linked
TAP, with 5,592 (+ 14.1% a year ago), Sao Tome and Principe, which is TAP flights
and STP Airways, with 4,131 (+ 13.1%), and Algeria, which has flights TAP and Air
Algérie, with 4,073 (+78.2%).
Guinea Bissau was the 10th origin / destination in Africa, with 2,411
passengers (-5.7% a year ago), after Tunisia with Tunisair flights with
2588, which had an increase in July at 75.5%.
In the seven months from January to July, Angola topped the
origins / destinations in Africa at Lisbon Airport, despite a decrease in
number of passengers by 9.3%, with 209,636.
Green Cape followed with 176,417, growing by 11.3%, Morocco,
with 89,066 and increased by 18.3%, Senegal, with 67,636, rising 26.3%, and
Mozambique, with 40,770, down 10.6%.
After been Ghana, with 28,140, + 36.1% a year ago,
Sao Tome, with 22,971 (+ 9.3%), Algeria, with 14,728 (+ 4.9%), Guinea-Bissau, with
. 14,575 (+ 21%), and Tunisia, with 7657 (+ 5%)
See also:
TAAG carried 64.4% of the passengers who flew in July
between Lisbon and Luanda
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