What is TAP Portugal?
{{Infobox airline | airline = TAP Portugal | image = [[File:TAP-Portugal-Logo.svg|TAP-Portugal-Logo]] | image_size = 50 | IATA = TP | ICAO = TAP | callsign = AIR PORTUGAL | hubs = [[Lisbon Airport]] | frequent_flyer = TAP Miles&Go | alliance = [[Star Alliance]] | fleet_size = 75 | destinations = 93 | num_employees = 6,626 }} '''TAP Portugal''' is the [[flag carrier]] airline of [[Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portuguese-american-journal.com/tap-socialist-government-to-retake-control-of-portuguese-flag-carrier-portugal/|title=TAP: Socialist government to retake control of Portuguese flag carrier – Portugal - Portuguese American Journal|work=Portuguese American Journal|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Its [[headquarters]] and [[airline hub|hub]] are at Lisbon Portela Airport. TAP operates about 2,000 [[Airline flights|flights]] a week to 88 [[Airport|destinations]] in 38 [[countries]] [[worldwide]]. ==History== TAP Portugal was founded on [[March 14]], [[1945]]. It began flying on [[September 19]], [[1945]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyppb.co.uk/airlines/tap-portugal/|title=TAP Portugal Frequent Flyer Mileage Program - PartnerPlusBenefit|work=UK PartnerPlusBenefit|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324011259/http://www.flyppb.co.uk/airlines/tap-portugal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It's first flight was from [[Lisbon]] to [[Madrid]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=History - TAP Portugal|url=http://www.tapportugal.com/Info/en/fleet-history/history|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410050705/http://www.tapportugal.com/Info/en/fleet-history/history|url-status=dead}}</ref> The one-[[million]]th [[passenger]] flew on TAP on 19 June 1964, 18 years after the airline began operations. In [[1969]], TAP began flying [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-seating-maps/tap-portugal-airlines/history/|title=History of TAP Portugal|work=SeatMaestro.com|access