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Flying Lisbon to the Azores - airline comparison

Posted by (Vancouver, BC) on

I'm looking at flights to the Azores, return, from Lisbon. There are non-stop flights for my dates on Ryan Air, Azores Air, and TAP. The Ryan Air flights are not the best times, but are $200 cheaper for the return flight (we are flying with small carry on luggage regardless, so luggage charges aren't an issue). TAP and Azores Air have better timed flights, but more expensive (but still affordable). I've flown Ryan Air once and I know their reputation. But I can suck up 2 and a half hours of "meh" if the others are also "meh".

I will pay more for better flight times, but for $200 a person, I'd like it to be more than that.

Has anyone flown TAP, Azores, and Ryan and have an opinion?

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I’ve flown TAP many times and Ryanair a few. I much prefer TAP, but can manage Ryanair, much as you wrote. When I stopped flying Ryanair is when they started charging for carryons larger than a laptop bag. No rolling carryons without a charge. If the price is still cheaper, I would likely go with Ryanair. But, since their change in baggage policy, TAP seems to be comparable if I add the baggage fee with Ryanair.

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