Azores Airlines will establish a new base in Porto for the 2024 summer season, offering new services to Canada and the United States. The airline will become the fifth carrier to provide transatlantic flights at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, joining Air Transat, Iberojet, TAP Air Portugal, and United Airlines.
The new generation of Airbus A321LR aircraft has enabled Azores to expand its operations with additional point-to-point transatlantic routes, without requiring a widebody aircraft. The new services to New York JFK, Boston, and Toronto from Porto will complement existing schedules from Lajes and Ponta Delgada to North America.
At present, narrowbody aircraft dominate the market between America and Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport. United operates Boeing 757s, while Air Transat and TAP Air Portugal utilize Airbus A321LRs for their flights to North America. Transatlantic services operating with widebody aircraft in Porto include TAP’s routes to Brazil, Iberojet’s charter flights, and Air Transat’s route to Toronto.
In addition, Azores Airlines from Porto will offer two daily flights to Ponta Delgada and one daily flight to Lajes for the summer of 2024, both services to be operated on Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 168 seats.
Schedule of flights between Porto and Toronto
Starting June 1, 2024.
- Flight S4 371: Porto 06:00 – Toronto 09:35 (Saturday)
- Flight S4 372: Toronto 11:05 – Porto 23:50 (Friday)
Flight schedule between Porto and Boston
Starting June 4, 2024.
- Flight S4 271: Porto 06:25 – Boston 09:35 (Thursday)
- Flight S4 272: Boston 11:05 – Porto 23:00 (Wednesday)
Flight Schedule between Porto and New York
Starting June 6, 2024.
- Flight S4 277: Porto 06:00 – New York JFK 09:35 (Tuesday)
- Flight S4 276: New York JFK 11:05 – Porto 23:35 (Monday)
All new services will be operated on Airbus A321LR aircraft, seating 190 passengers in two classes (16 Business Class/174 Economy), with promotional fares starting from S$489 for a round trip.
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport’s transatlantic network for the 2024 summer season will include non-stop scheduled services to New York JFK, Boston, Montreal, Newark, Toronto – Pearson, São Paulo/Guarulhos, and Rio de Janeiro. Seat capacity between Porto and North America will increase by 1.5% compared to 2019 levels.
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