Review of TAP Air Portugal flight from Helsinki to Lisbon in Business

TAP

TP - TAP Air Portugal

Flight taken on 11 October 2016
TP791
06:15 03h 25m 07:40
Model Airbus A320
Class Business
Seat 2F
FConceicao
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TAP Portugal – Helsinki-Lisbon

This is my flight report from Helsinki to Lisbon with TAP Portugal in Business Class after my weekend trip to the city. You can check my Helsinki trip report here.
The flight duration was 4h25 and I arrived on time
Check-in

I arrived in Helsinki Airport Terminal 1 one hour before the departure via my hotel transfer. I quickly entered in the terminal to avoid the very cold weather that morning. I checked-in in 114 with no queues.



Airport

Helsinki Airport have 2 Terminals connected internally: The 1, older and smaller, which is operated only for Schengen Flights for Star Alliance Airlines (Except Turkish Airlines), Vueling and airBaltic.
The terminal where I departed was the 1. At that time almost all the stores were closed and the small terminal was very quiet.


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Boarding

I boarded at gate 17, almost half an hour after the scheduled time


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Flight

I was seated in 2F and I had that seat row just for me. After the breakfast I slept for the entire flight.
Check my departure video:




Catering

As breakfast TAP offered me a pancakes with eggs and potatoes, fruit, yogurt with cereals and a sort of warm bread. It was a very nice and tasty breakfast


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Arrival

I woke up when the plane started to descent. Was amazing to see the sun rising in that beautiful and cold morning from the sky. I landed on time and the aircraft stopped in a remote park. Then I took the airport bus to get to the terminal.



Airport

The bus arrival point is almost in the end of the terminal so I passed for the food court and all the duty free stores. I picked my bag 30 minutes after the landing time.



More about the flight

Airline: TAP Portugal - Flight: TP791 - Route: HEL-LIS - Date: 11/Oct/2016
Check-in: 114 - Time: 03h45
Seat: 2F - Class: Business
Boarding: 04h50 - Gate: 17
Scheduled Departure: 04h45lt - Actual Departure: 05h15lt - Runway: 04R
Scheduled Arrival: 07h40lt - Actual Arrival: 07h40lt - Runway: 21
Disembark: 07h50 - Baggage Claimed: 08h20
Aircraft: CS-TNX - Type: Airbus A320-214 - Name: Malangatana - Age: 10y
Thank you very much for reading

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Product ratings

Airline

TAP Air Portugal 8.5

  • Cabin8.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.5 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi7.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering9.0 / 10
Departure airport

Helsinki - HEL7.9

  • Efficiency8.0 / 10
  • Access8.0 / 10
  • Services6.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness9.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

Lisbon - LIS7.4

  • Efficiency7.5 / 10
  • Access6.0 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness7.5 / 10

Conclusion

Another medium-haul flight in Business Class with TAP with the excellent level of service for nowadays. The Helsinki Airport Terminal 1 was very dated and the Lisbon needs urgently an upgrade: They must build a satellite terminal with air-bridges.

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Comments (1)

  • Thankas for this FR.

    Those seats must have been hard to be on for 4 hours...

    Good breakfast but the flight duration calls for something else before landing.

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