The airline plans to begin service between Porto, certainly one of Portugal’s largest cities, and Boston, New York Metropolis and Toronto in June 2024. Its fleet of Airbus A321neo plane will serve the routes. Azores Airways will function every of those routes as soon as every week.
From the Azores, an autonomous group of islands in Portugal, Azores Airways now affords flights to 11 places in North America. After ceasing operations from Boston and Toronto to Lisbon in 2017, Azores Airways will now provide transatlantic flights from mainland Portugal for the primary time, Aviation Week studies.
Azores Airways expects that by providing these transatlantic flights to North America, it could capitalize on the massive demand for worldwide journey within the area, particularly now that Portugal is a extra sought-after vacation vacation spot.
Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores, and Terceira, an island within the archipelago, at the moment are the locations the airline flies to from Boston, New York Metropolis and Toronto. The capital of Madeira, Funchal, one other autonomous area of Portugal, can be served by Azores Airways from New York Metropolis.
Commencing from June 1, 2024, there might be flights connecting Porto’s Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ). Moreover, flights from OPO to Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) are set to inaugurate on June 4, 2024, adopted by flights from OPO to John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) commencing from June 6, 2024.
Right here is Azores Airways’ schedule for the brand new routes (all occasions are native):
- OPO to BOS: departing at 6:25 a.m. and arriving at 9:35 a.m.
- BOS to OPO: departing at 11:05 a.m. and arriving at 11 p.m.
- OPO to JFK: departing at 6 a.m. and arriving at 9:35 a.m.
- JFK to OPO: departing at 11:05 a.m. and arriving at 11:35 p.m.
- OPO to YYZ: departing at 6 a.m. and arriving at 9:35 a.m.
- YYZ to OPO: departing at 11:05 a.m. and arriving at 11:50 p.m.
