The airline TAP Air Portugal announced that this Tuesday it will resume direct air operations between the cities of Lisbon and Caracas, restoring a strategic route for connectivity between Europe and Venezuelan territory.
The airline’s operational offer will consist of two weekly frequencies set for Tuesdays and Sundays, according to the information released by the Madeira Journal.
The Tuesday itinerary includes departure from Lisbon at 11:50 am (local time in Portugal) with arrival at Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía at 5:00 pm (Venezuela time), while the return takeoff from Maiquetía will take place at 9:00 pm to land in the Portuguese capital at 9:00 am the next day.
The Sunday schedule sets the takeoff from Lisbon at 10:00 am with arrival in Caracas at 3:05 pm, resuming the return leg at 6:55 pm to touch down on Portuguese soil at 6:55 am on Monday.
“The return of the direct connection with Caracas recovers a route of special relevance for relations between Portugal and Venezuela. For the large Portuguese and Portuguese-descendant community in the country, the resumption of the direct flight also represents the reestablishment of a closer connection to Portugal,” he said. the portuguese airline in the statement.
The reestablishment of the direct Lisbon-Caracas link adds to the progressive regularization of international passenger traffic in the country’s main air terminal, consolidating the offer of available seats to the European continent for the season of high traveler flow in the last quarter of the year.
