I've been searching forever to get a direct flight from Boston, MA to Lisbon Portugal and finally found one that flies into PONTA Are you familiar w/this airport? I'll change up my itinerary as I was originally planning on arriving in Lisbon.
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
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ALARM BELLS - Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II airport is near Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island in the Azores, about 1300 Km from the Portuguese mainland. This is like finding a flight to Hawaii when you want to go to California.
You must have been doing a search for any airport in Portugal.
Posted by
OP
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THANK YOU >>> THANK YOU >>>>THANK YOU
I've been searching for a non-stop flight from BOSTON,MA to LISBON or PONTO .... SATA offers limited options for date ranges. Do you know of any other affordable options?
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
I think you want Lisbon or Porto, which is the second largest city in Portugal, north of Lisbon.
Not spelling place names correctly can get you into serious trouble!
TAP flies Newark (USA) to Porto, but that is probably no use to you. Other than that it is, as you say Boston to Lisbon by SATA, TAP from Newark (USA) or New York–JFK to Lisbon.
Posted by
Rhode Island, USA
485 posts
Hello,
From Boston you now have 2 options: TAP airlines ( www.flytap.com) and SATA (www.sata.pt). SATA is actually now Azores Air, a re-branded name of an existing company. Airport code for Ponta Delgada is PDL and Lisbon is LIS. A stop-over in Ponta Delgada lasts an hour and a half either to or from Boston/Lisbon. TAP is really competing with SATA with good summer prices, even though they code-share. Depending on when you travel the price will vary in the winter vs the summer...by 50% even... The TAP flights from/to Boston schedule starts in early June.
Another thought...there are SATA stop-overs on the island of Terceira as well, airport code TER.
Check a website like Kayak to comparison shop and go with the cheapest. You can always private message with any specific questions or advice.
Good Luck