According to a statement from the national airline, the flights will take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and will be operated on A330-900 neo aircraft, with capacity for 298 passengers.

Flights depart Lisbon at 1:05 pm and arrive in Porto Alegre at 8:25 pm, while in the opposite direction they leave the capital of Rio Grande do Sul at 9:55 pm, arriving at Humberto Delgado airport at 12:45 pm.

“With a total duration of 11h20, this is one of the longest flights in the TAP network of destinations”, says the airline, indicating that return connections will have prices starting at 699 euros, round trip, with all fees included.

In the information released, TAP recalls that flights to Porto Alegre were suspended in May, as a result of the state of calamity declared by Brazilian authorities due to the rains that caused major flooding in the state and which even led to the closure of Salgado Filho Airport.

“With the resumption of the offer of direct flights between the southernmost capital of Brazil and Europe, TAP fulfils the commitment it made on the date it was forced to suspend this connection and is pleased with the reopening of Porto Alegre airport international flights”, says TAP, in the statement sent to the press.

With the return to Porto Alegre, TAP also returns to flying to 13 Brazilian cities, totalling 15 routes from Lisbon and Porto, to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Fortaleza, Natal, Maceió, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, Florianópolis and Manaus.