I took the weekend of 11-12 April to visit Barcelona, doing 4 flights with TAP Portugal, FNC-LIS-BCN-LIS-FNC. The ticket was issued using TAP Victoria miles, all the legs in C class, except for the LIS-BCN.
The first flight was the early departure from Madeira (FNC) at 5h35 in the morning, which operates on a daily basis. This flight is very convenient to catch connecting flights at LIS and was fully booked on the 11th April. Some passengers in C class cabin were upgraded from Y class at the gate. Most of them were having connecting flights out of LIS.
The aircraft would be CS-TTG, named Humberto Delgado, delivered to TAP in 1998. The departure of the fully loaded TP1670 would be 5 min before schedule, airborne was at 5h30 still complete dark outside.
15 min after, the crew came along with towels being handed over to each passenger. 25 min into the came the large tray cold breakfast came along. It consisted of ham and cheese plate, jam, an yogurt and fresh fruit. At the same time, from a basket, the crew offered cakes, croissants and hot bread, repeating this procedure twice. Orange, pear juice and other soft drinks were available. Altough is cold, I consider a nice service for breakfast on this flight.
Around 6h20 the sun started rising on the other hand of the aircraft, providing a nice view.
Landing at LIS would be at 6h51, 19 min ahead of schedule, allowing plenty of time to catch all the connecting flights.
Hey,
Thanks for sharing this report.
Nice catering on this flight.
How was the cabin and your seat ? Is it a business seat ?
See you,
Hello!
The C class cabin of A319, A320 and A321 of TAP Portugal consisted of normal seats seating AC DEF, with bigger width on DEF seats and empty small seat between A and C seats.