TAAG Angola Airlines is all set to ramp its capacity on the Luanda-Lisbon route from seven to 14 times a week starting March 28, 2023. This decision to increase the capacity is on the backdrop of rising market demand on this specific route.
The route from Humberto Delgado Airport, Lisbon to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda allows European passengers to connect to African destinations from Europe. The airport at Luanda, Angola is TAAG Angola Airlines main hub that allows many connecting flights for European passengers connecting from Lisbon, Portugal.
The airline uses the Luanda airport to redirect traffic to many TAAG Angola Airlines destinations in the Southern Hemisphere.
Currently, TAAG Angola Airlines offers flights to Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Barcelona. Many of these flights are typically routed through Lisbon, Portugal, which makes this route even more appealing to passengers flying with TAAG Angola Airlines.
Flying to Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, Portugal allows TAAG Angola Airlines to easily connect to several other European locations.
The airline plans to deploy its B777-300ER on the route with 293 seat-configuration.
This route has proved to be one of the most popular routes, with January and February 2023 figures closing at over a double at 39,306 passengers than 2022. In January and February 2022, TAAG reportedly transported only 18,798 passengers.
TAAG Angola Airlines also recently announced a new codeshare agreement with the Spanish flagship carrier, Iberia offering connections, through Iberia flights, to several additional destinations in Europe, all connecting through Madrid, Spain. Some of these destinations include Barcelona, Oporto, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Zurich, Rome, and Milan.
TAAG Airlines announced it would be flying to Accra, Ghana, and Durban, South Africa starting November 2023.