TAP celebrates 75 years of flights to Sao Tome and Principe
Source: TAP The airline now flies the route five times a week with a modern A321LRneo. TAP Air Portugal celebrates this month, the 75th anniversary of its first flight to the island of São Tomé. To celebrate the date, passengers were welcomed in celebration, both at the boarding gates of Humberto Delgado Airport and at São Tomé International Airport. In Lisbon, passengers received chocolate cakes from São Tomé and a postcard with the image of the first flight with the number TP522. The inaugural flight, in 1949, was piloted by Captain Canelhas, in a DC-3 Dakota, registration CS-TDE, which was one of the Company's first aircraft. The same aircraft also operated the famous Imperial Air Line, which connected Lisbon to [...]