All Airbus? The TAP Air Portugal Fleet In 2022

Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal is a lot smaller than it used to be. In more recent times, the airline operated a small fleet of Airbus A340-300s but phased out this fleet in 2019.
Decades earlier, TAP had also operated a handful of Boeing 747-200s. But, these days, the TAP Air Portugal mainline fleet is completely comprised of Airbus twinjets, all of which come from both the A320 and the A330neo families. Today, we take a closer look at this airline's fleet.
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[@tpmiranda]

I remember TAP had the option to replace some of its A321LR orders with A321XLR, as the company's strategy shifted aggressively towards the "fly smaller, fly further" motto. The COVID-19 pandemic put a nail in the coffin of the airline and, despite its continued operation, it has been running in very fragile stilts, having been privatised, nationalised and now privatised again in less than 10 years.

[@pedroalbuquerquebs]

It has not been privatized again yet, but that is the plan. And we all know it will be nationalized again in the future.

[@savageryflyer5391]

No wonder with the fraud schemes they are running, the I dont know how many BRAND NEW BMW ELECTRIC CARS while being on one of the worst economical crisis sounds nice, isnt it?

[@dogevid]

A deep dive into the Austrian fleet would be interesting. Some planes of the same type fly different.

[@USGBCLIGREENSCHOOLS]

Finally!! Thank you. You guys are amazing!!!

[@meister0388]

I got the opportunity to fly in an A321LR neo out of Newark to Lisbon after being rescheduled from a United 787 after missing my United flight due to weather back in June. And I have to say, the lie flat seat was comfortable. Of course, i am still disappointed that i didnt get to experience it on a 787 product, but the cabin was nice nonetheless because TAP seem to have placed emphasis on its seat class that other comparable airlines I have seen reviews of seem to miss. My only complain its that there werent any partitions between seats for added privacy but I was able to get over it. As for the aircraft, I found the reduced noise to be surprising. Overall, TAP has a nice product with this aircraft type flying this type of medium-long haul route that any other airline may assign A330s or A350s to operate.

[@newAfonsoFGarcia]

Portugalia is a fully owned subsidiary of TAP, that’s why they only fly TAP Express services.

[@CriticalRider]

@@nigelmarvin1387 nope, because of existing union agreements. Portugalia pilots and cabin crew are paid much less, if TAP would incorporate them into main operation it would have to pay the same as the other TAP crew, so that would increase cost a lot. Shady practices, but unfortunately fairly standard in the aviation world.

[@PeteBoxster]

The A330neo were initially A350 orders, Tap was supposed to be first to fly A350 with SIA I believe. But the previous CEO, Neelman (current CEO of Jet Blue, I believe), exchange those orders into A330neo and a few more A320 (the LR I believe). Not sure if it was the best move, but now is done. Also TAP should be put on sale soon and probably bought by Lufthansa group or IAG (I hope to be the first as it's already part of Star Alliance and it completes better the group, with flights to África and South America) + (if bought by IAG it will just divert many routes to Madrid as the airport there still have plenty of vacants).

[@savageryflyer5391]

Of course it was the best move my man, you know why? Because the guy got DOZENS OF MILLIONS for not getting those 350 and selling them at a much higher price. Tap is a well rounded fraud scheme.

[@germanogomes9273]

Completely agree about the sale part! Lufthansa is just the better option! About the A350s, and having flown TAP some 7 times in my life, I believe the the move to replace the A350 was a good one. TAP does not have a big market to deploy it's A350 that the A330 could not get. And if getting rid of the A350s means more airplanes, bring the more airplanes!

[@joaojoseazevedo872]

Love this

[@davidtolosa4567]

I flew on their a330 neo from Chicago and it was a very comfortable flight. The crew are always so nice too

[@Mateus01234]

Greetings from a regular viewer from Natal, Brazil!

[@robk3005]

My only flight with TAP was a short 2hr flight...LHR to LIS on an A320-200 in 2015. It was a good experience overall for the short international route (at the time) within the EU.

[@SnowyJia_]

I fly with TAP very often to Lisbon from London and it's always a very comfortable plane ride. Thank you for the informative video!

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

TAP is a good airline because they are cheap. Please make a video about Azul 😊

[@rodrio.bozzano8951]

Do Iberia next please

[@Peizxcv]

Good choice with going all A321neo and A330neo

I´m from Portugal and I fly a lot of times with TAP. The longest flight I took was from Lisbon to New York and I loved the new plane. Very silent and a good option in my opinion!

[@samroy5967]

They used widebody A330 for this route But for some reason they switched to A321LR for this long haul transatlantic flight

[@alexisramon4872]

Omg you sure is a good option?? I've read so many negative comments too 😢 I don't know what to believe

@@alexisramon4872 I also read very bad comments but for me, that already flow more than 20 times with TAP, the bad thing is that they are almost every time late, but the planes they use are good and news, the food is also good and the price is competitive compare to other airlines

[@joaorodrigues4494]

I have had the pleasure of flying with them for 26 years, flown in all the current models and can tell you that the new A330neo seats are miles better than the A340 they used to operate

[@creativemindplay]

You seem quite handsome

[@PortugalHolidayVillas]

Flown in ALL their aircraft going back to as far back as the early 60's .... Caravelle - 727, 707, L-1011 Tristar and Im told by my grandfather a constellation in '63

[@IFHD350]

How does an airline route network work? Does an aircraft fly from hub to one destination all the time or does it fly from hub to 1st 2nd and 3rd destination before flying back to hub or does it fly from hub to 1st destination and back to hub before flying to 2nd destination?

[@PEDROSILVATRAVEL]

TAP AIR PORTUGAL have also Embraer 190 and Embraer 195

[@vitorlouro2266]

❤❤🇵🇹💋💋🤗🤗😘Adoro voar com a TAP

[@Mahshadn]

had flown on a TAP A321LR neo, seats were terribly uncomfortable for a trans-Atlantic flight.

[@stevenholt1867]

I would like to visit Lisbon Airport. I wonder what the coffee is like. Nice coffee at Barcelona Airport.

[@Caine1974]

I fly TAP frequently, and love them. I like Airbus a320 a lot better than the b737. I fly Norwegian a lot too, in their 737-800

[@heidirabenau511]

#airbusforever #airbusforlife #airbusforthewin #teamairbus

[@sainnt]

On at least 3 occasions I've flown on the TAP A321LR. Every single time the WiFi hasn't worked, meaning they're deliberately keeping the system turned off, or I've been extremely unlucky.

[@ozaierahmad5456]

Can u do saudia Fleet

[@malvinuku7878]

Surprised that tap doesn’t operate into Lagos with all that crazy demand coming out of there!

[@ezimdanielchukwunwike531]

Maybe Nigeria don't live in purtugal

[@malvinuku7878]

@@ezimdanielchukwunwike531 not specifically living but transit…. Like they fly to Accra currently

[@abcjelly]

SIUUU Airlines

[@vitsekbjorn8759]

When are you doing Azores airlines fleet

[@freddiesflightreviews]

I flew London to Lisbon on one of their TAP Express Embraer 195s. Nice plane but poor service. Would be nice if they at least gave you water.

[@franksilva2600]

TAP has become a low cost carrier. I live in Portugal and refuse to fly with TAP.

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

TAP Portugal could reconfigure their A321-200 Neo LR & A321-200 cabin to 20 Business & 163 Economy class e.i. total 183 seats . . . same can be said about their fleet of A320-200 Neo as well . . . infact TAP Portugal should operate their legacy A320-200 fleet in a single class 142 - 155 layout . . . based on average occupancy rate & realistic cost per mile per seat . . .

[@wadehiggins1114]

I love an All Airbus Fleet. Is Iberia all Airbus?

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

Duh of course since 2010

[@vitsekbjorn8759]

Well I did fly with them a few times and every single time the flight was delayed

[@IFHD350]

They schould also add the A350 to they're fleet.

[@joaorodrigues4494]

They had plans for it, but switch to the A330neo

[@pfernandes8982]

Tri stars were the best

[@heidirabenau511]

TAP should order the A220 or the A319neo to replace their a319ceos

[@pedroalbuquerquebs]

I would guess that the A319neo would be better for TAP since it should require minimal pilot training. The A220 is a completely different plane. Basically, TAP now only needs two types of pilots, narrow body A320 series pilots and wide body A330 pilots.

[@ezimdanielchukwunwike531]

I like a330-800 neo than 787-8. I don't know why air line don't like it.

[@abcjelly]

@Ezim Daniel Chukwunwike 787-8 is more cheaper than A330-800 787-8 = ~248,000,000USD A330-800 = ~259,000,000USD

[@chanel_a350]

they let me in the cocpit

[@mirza3534]

BAT? Haha! Natal is NAT. You have it wrong on your map

[@guincho24juani]

Specialists in losing your luggage

[@findmeadamnname]

More ads than video!!!!!!

[@hanssolos3699]

air ronaldo is better