ANNUAL REPORT ‘12
BUSINESS REVIEW
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The largest relative growths came from traffic with
Brazil and Africa as new operations were launched,
accounting for over 1 million passengers in the period
between 2005 and 2012. In the case of Brazil, 6
regular routes were in operation in 2005, compared
to 10 in 2012. The number of regular operations
with Africa went from 10 to 15 in 2012.
These are markets with added importance at Lisbon
airport and in spite of the growth already registered,
they still have great potential for future development.
TAP Portugal is expected to continue its strategy of
using Lisbon as a platform for distributing traffic from
Europe to key markets in Africa and South America
(Brazil in particular), leveraging traffic performance.
Currently, around 54% of total passengers are inbound
– non-resident passengers visiting Portugal, 18%
are outbound – passengers residing in Portugal and
travelling abroad, 20% are connecting passengers and
8% are passengers with multiple destinations.
Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain
and Switzerland, countries with strong economies and
large numbers of Portuguese immigrants, account for
a large part of the inbound traffic.
TAP Portugal’s strategy to use Lisbon airport as a hub
brought significant growth to connecting flight traffic
in recent years. Outbound traffic, however, has been
decreasing, a sign of the continuing weakness of
the Portuguese economy, making travel abroad for
pleasure increasingly difficult for residents.
The ANA Group-operated airports are currently linked
to 161 regular routes that provide access to around
140 different cities, listed below:
