1947, the route expanded from Lisbon to Porto, Sao Tome and Principe and London. And at 1949, the technical consultation plan began to serve Tangier and Casablanca. 1953, the airline is a private company.
1969, the service is extended to new york, and the Santa Maria Azores is used for transit. And arrived in Boston on 1970. 1975, TAP was nationalized, became a state-owned enterprise, and changed its name to Portugal's TAP airlines, and the time was1March 979.
In 1970s, TAP bought a Boeing 747 to replace their Boeing 707, but due to lack of demand, the 747 was finally sold. After that, they used Airbus a 3 10 to fly long-haul routes. By the end of 1990, TAP had sold all the old Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 aircraft and replaced them with Airbus A3 19, A320 and A32 1. Airbus A340 is used for long-distance passenger aircraft.
199 1, TAP starts to arrive in Berlin. 1993 begins to fly to Tel Aviv. 1994, Tata signed a code sharing agreement to cooperate with Delta Air Lines to provide services in the North Atlantic, but the agreement was terminated in 2005.
1997, Punta Cana and Bangkok started service. However, 1998, flights in Bangkok and Macau were grounded.
In 2005, TAP became the16th member of Star Alliance. In February this year, TAP Airlines changed its name to Portugal Airlines and employed 9,750 employees. It also ended the code sharing agreement with Delta Air Lines and started a new agreement with United Airlines to become its member, Star Alliance. According to this agreement, the code of United Airlines (UA) was placed on the transatlantic flights in Portugal and some flights in Africa, and the code of Portuguese Airlines (Prior) was placed on the flights in the United States.
On June 6th, 2006, 165438+ Portugal Airlines signed an agreement to purchase 98% shares of Portuga á lia, a Portuguese-speaking regional airline. It is not clear whether Portuguese will join Star Alliance as a regional member or merge its business and technical consulting projects.
Portugal is expected to be privatized in 2009 and open regular flights to Moscow, Warsaw and Helsinki.