Towards that, the international airline operator has added about 54 extra flights to the whole, among which are those to operate to Funchal (Madeira) and Terceira (Azores), along with some additional ones to Paris, Luxembourg, Geneva and Zurich.

Moreover, TAP also planned the operations reinforcement to a few other international routes such as Maputo (Mozambique), Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza and Salvador (Brazil), with the two latter being served with daily flights during this peak period.

In what concerns Caracas (Venezuela), TAP will operate two extra flights, on December 15 and January 5.

Network destinations

The increase in offer to some of its network destinations, including Portugal and other parts of Europe as well as the intercontinental sector, represents an overall growth of 12 per cent over same period last year.

Such increase results from the utilisation of aircraft with larger seat capacity along with five per cent increase in flight frequency.

In addition, the company will also reinforce its operations during Christmas and New Year to those destinations with larger demand.

Among the news routes now introduced are Funchal, Madeira and to Ponta Delgada, Azores, in the domestic sector, with the addition of a daily flight from Lisbon in both cases.

Operations in Europe

In Europe, TAP increases operations departing Lisbon to several destinations, namely to Zurich and Geneva, both growing from 17 to 20 weekly frequencies, as well as Paris, which benefits from flights growing to seven dailies with the addition of one daily.

Frankfurt, for instance, will from now on see an addition of seven frequencies, growing from 19 to 26 flights a week, five frequencies more than in the past summer while the offer to Munich grows from 12 to 20 weekly frequencies.

TAP is also reinforcing its offer between Porto and Madrid versus summer 2016, doubling its operations from one to two daily flights.

The resume of TAP regular operations to Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) is one of the news planned for the winter within the company's African network, with flights starting as of December 1, with two weekly frequencies.

Significant reinforcement in Africa

Morocco is also one of the African countries with a significant reinforcement in operations, with flights doubling to Casablanca and growing to twice daily, and Marrakech benefiting from the increase to 10 weekly frequencies as of next November 1, 2016.

Operations to Dakar, Senegal also grew from seven to 10 weeklies, while flights to some destinations in Cape Verde are reinforced.