Portugália, operating under the brand TAP Express since March 2016 (Portugália, Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Aéreos, S.A. or PGA for short) is a Portuguese regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Lisbon Portela Airport in Lisbon. It is a 100% owned subsidiary of TAP Portugal and operates scheduled international and domestic services from its bases at Lisbon Airport and Porto Airport on behalf of TAP Portugal.
The airline was established on 25 July 1988 as a joint-stock company, but had to wait two years before it could start services, due to a delay in air transport liberalization. It started operations on 7 July 1990 with a flight from Lisbon to Porto. International scheduled flights started in June 1992 from Lisbon and Porto. On 14 January 2016, TAP Portugal announced that Portugália will be rebranded to TAP Express from 27 March 2016 as part of the restructuring measures within the group.
TAP Express is affiliate member of Star Alliance.
Livery
Embraer ERJ-190LR, registration CS-TPR, built 2011, serial number 19000460 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 10 July 2016
