Lisbon, Portugal, 17 July – TAP-Air Portugal opens a new service from the Portuguese capital to Brasilia on Friday with five flights weekly, the company has announced.

TAP’s PR director, Antonio Monteiro, said the Brasilia flights will be operated with 263-seat Airbus A-330 aircraft. The new service operates daily, except Wednesday and Friday.

With the start-up of its Brasilia route, Portugal’s national carrier now operates 60 flights a week to Brazil. TAP already flies to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza and Natal. (macauhub)