It is unusual to be on a long-haul service from Europe to the Amazon, the most famous rainforest in the world. Or, more accurately, to a city of 2 million people, the main gateway to the Amazon. But that was where I found myself on November 4, as I boarded a two-year-old TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321LR on the carrier's brand-new Lisbon to Manaus service via Belém .
It is blocked at 11h 45m to Manaus! Another Brazilian airport will join its network soon. Lisbon to Manaus via Belém The new route, which covers 3,940 nautical miles (7,297 km) each way, is served three times weekly . It stands out for three reasons: It is the only European service to Manaus, which isn't surprising.
Still, Lisbon's point-to-point demand is not big, at just 9,000 roundtrip passengers in the 12 months to July 2024, rising to 37,000 for all of Europe. Hence, the low frequency and stop It marked TAP's first Manaus flight in eight years when it operated non-stop on the A330 until 2016. Manaus does not even have Miami flights (they ended in 2023) The entire one-stop operation became the world's new longest regularly configured A321 service Want tickets? Find them here! Getting to Lisbon As the Manaus flight leaves Portugal at 10:35, I decided to fly from London Heathrow to Lisbon the day before.
I was on CS-TXL, an A321LR. Unexpectedly, I was upgraded to business, which was especially notable as it had a lie-flat bed (I was in 4B). After all, the aircraft usually flies to North and South America, with.
