Bizjets From France, joined Jun 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 5169 times:
Read it this week in the local community paper, that TAP Air Portugal has suspended all JFK flights and instead will concentrate on EWR as their US gateway. This is truly sad I believe. TP used to serve EWR, LAX, BWI, BOS, and JFK at one time or another and now is just down to EWR.
The latter will then become daily during the summer peak season. The reasons given for suspension in the paper were the typical ones (e.g. load factors, September 11). However, I was told that after the codeshare with Delta was over, TP had to move over to Terminal 4 @ JFK and pay for all flight support which was provided by Delta almost free of charge.
The switch over to EWR is peculiar because TP now codeshares with AA. Either the rumors of TP joining oneworld are true, or TP might be able to form a codeshare operation with Continental.
In other news, TP is redesigning the business class cabin in the A340's and A310's by installing the new "sleeper seats."
Zebfly2 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 412 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 4984 times:
If I'm not mistaken there is a significantly larger Portuguese population in the Newark area than in the JFK area which is in southeast Queens. If any one knows if this is the case, please comment.
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Bizjets From France, joined Jun 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 4813 times:
Zebfly:
While the size of the Portuguese community in the Newark area is larger then any other in the United States, the combined communities of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts are almost double. I just don't see many Portuguese people driving 3-4 hours and paying about $25 in tolls and gas each way "just" to fly TP. To me, it would make much more sense to get on a BA or KLM flight from either JFK or BOS and connect in Europe. It would probably be cheaper too.
747firstclass:
I'm not exactly sure as to when TP served BWI, but there is a picture @ the TP office @ EWR (looks like the 70's) of a bunch of people and a banner that reads "TAP First Flight To BWI" overhead. I doubt that that route lasted long. Its sad to see so many routes dropped. Even Toronto and Montreal were dropped, and there are HUGE Portuguese communities there.
TheSilverBirds From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 92 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 4587 times:
Wow Im glad you mentioned the effective date!! I am leaving from JFK on TAP In a week or so!!!! Haha This is sad news however. I have been flying TAP since before I can remember. And I have always flown out of JFK. Too bad..
Captaingomes From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 6413 posts, RR: 58 Reply 7, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4560 times:
Yyz717 is correct. A majority of the Portuguese community is from the Azores, which explains why SATA flies from Toronto to the Azores, as well as Air Transat. However, the Toronto to Lisbon flight could use some competition, as only Air Transat currently serves that route, and some competition would be nice. Maybe SkyService will one day fly there.
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Jayhup From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 440 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4457 times:
Bizjets....
Can you post a link to the article or cut and paste it's contents into the forum?
I have TP as a customer at JFK and need to know the scoop.
Bizjets From France, joined Jun 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4443 times:
Jayhup:
It was in one of the local community papers. You can check http://www.tap-airportugal.pt for schedulues (or lack thereof) but you would probably just be better off if you went to the TAP office @ JFK. They'll tell you.
CV990 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4388 times:
Hi!
I'm a bit disapointed about TAP if they drop JFK. That airport is a status for airlines and I really don't understand why they're doing that, must be really due to commercial/startegic reasons. TAP used to fly to JFK since they received their first 707's in the far year of 1966. I understand that Newark might be better to the portuguese emigrant comunity but I also think that probably have to be with the fact that Continental is flying to Newark and perhaps TAP is loosing market to them how knows?!
TAP used to have some good flights to USA/Canada, in late 60's and 70's they flew to Boston non-stop and via Terceira/Azores with the 707, they flew Toronto and Montreal also with 707, they flew to JFK with 707/747. Duting all these years those where the north-american flights, latter they dropped Boston and all Canada and concentrated in JFK but incredibly they started a new flight to LAX with the L1011-500 Tristar, I think in summer 1989, but that was soon dropped, as a joke people said that TAP opened that route to offer TAP employers the chance to visit Disneyland because the flight was always empty!!!!
Regards
ETA Unknown From Comoros, joined Jun 2001, 2010 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (10 years 9 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4320 times:
The TAP EWR downtown office does indeed resemble the '70's... I was expecting to see rats running around- it was that discusting. I believe TAP loses most of their traffic to Air France (believe it or not) rather than Continental.
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