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Bem-vindo ao Brasil
Welcome to Brazil
Fernando Pinto, President/CEO, TAP Portugal
Photo by Steve Stoer, for UP magazine
Welcome to Brazil. Welcome to the Brazil of TAP Founded in 1945, TAP Portugal is not exactly the new
Portugal. kid on the European block. In 2008 we looked after
nearly 9 million passengers and saw our traffic to-
Over 500 years ago the Portuguese became the first and-from Brazil grow by 20%. At the time of writing
Europeans to discover Brazil when Pedro Alvares we are flying to 59 destinations in 26 countries, and
Cabral landed on 22 April 1500 in what today is Bahia. we continue to expand our network.
He claimed the territory for the King of Portugal, Dom
Manuel. Since that time an increasing number of As president and CEO of TAP Portugal, I firmly believe
Portuguese have become very welcome visitors to that today, with our modern fleet of Airbus aircraft, we
Brazil, and many of them have traveled to Brazil with can offer you the level of service and comfort in the
TAP Portugal. There has also been an increasing air and on the ground that you look for when flying
number of Europeans that have chosen to fly to-and- long haul.
from Europe and Brazil with TAP Portugal. We hope
you are one of them, or will be in the near future.
If you have flown recently with TAP Portugal you will
know what we can offer, and we look forward to
TAP Portugal first flew between Lisbon and Rio de
welcoming you back aboard and flying you to
Janeiro in 1955. Today we fly more people between
Portugal and Brazil. If you have not flown with TAP
Europe and Brazil than any other European carrier. We
Portugal or visited Brazil, we hope this magazine will
also fly from Europe to more cities in Brazil than any
give you a taste of what you are missing and hopefully
other international carrier. From Lisbon we fly not only
persuade you to follow in the steps of Pedro Alvares
to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, but also to Belo
Cabral and the millions of other visitors to Brazil who
Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, Recife, Natal and
have enjoyed what this marvellous destination has to
Fortaleza. Cutting the flight time to the northeast of
offer.
Brazil considerably for European travellers.
Just like the statue of Christ the Redeemer on the
summit of Corovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, we at
It is fair to say that we at TAP Portugal really know and
TAP Portugal are here to welcome you with open arms.
understand Brazil, and I say that as a Brazilian, having
been born in Rio Grande do Sul in the south of Brazil.
Bem-vindo a bordo. Welcome aboard.
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