TAP Fleet

Below you can see the complete TAP Fleet from 1945 to 2008.

Manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft
Timeframe	1945-?
Span	28.96 m
Length	19.66 m
Height	5.85 m
Passengers	21

The First TAP Aircraft were DC-3's and C-47's that were largely available after WWII. TAP had a total of 8 DC-3's in the fleet and operated them until the fifties/early sixties. Today, a DC-3 in TAP colors is in front of the TAP Building at Portela Airport in Lisbon, it is not an original TAP aircraft though, it was in fact CS-DGA and now wears the registration CS-TDA. It was painted in two different color Schemes, as can be seen below.
CS-TDF had an acident in June 1948, in Lumiar, Lisbon

CS-TDA	Douglas C-47	c/n 19393
CS-TDB	Douglas C-47	c/n 10033
CS-TDC	Douglas C-53	c/n 11765
CS-TDD	Douglas C-53	c/n 11668

CS-TDE	Douglas C-53	c/n 11675
CS-TDF	Douglas C-47	c/n 18998
CS-TDG	Douglas C-47	c/n 13140
CS-TDH	Douglas C-47	c/n 10049


CS-TDE	CS-TDG	CS-TD?

CS-DGA with fake reg CS-TDA in 50th and 60th anniversary colors

Manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft
Timeframe	1947-?
Span	35.85 m
Length	28.47 m
Height	8.41 m
Passengers	44-55

In 1947 TAP also got The DC-3's larger brother, the DC-4 into its fleet. A total of four aircraft flew in TAP colors. They all were former Military aircraft (c-54's) that were converted to the civilian DC-4 Version.

	c/n 3072 CS-TSA Santa Cruz		c/n 3059 CS-TSB		c/n 3069 CS-TSC
ex US NAvy C-54		pic: TS? - ex US Navy C-54		ex US NAvy C-54

	c/n CS-TSD
ex US NAvy C-54

Manufacturer	Lockheed Aircraft
Timeframe	1953-1967
Span	38.47m
Length	35.42m
Height	7.54m
Passengers	62-95

In December of 1953 Tap got the Lockheed Constellation L1049 into their fleet, buying three units at first. A further one (TLD) was leased from '58-'59 and in May 1961 two further aircraft (TLD/F) were purchased. Some of the ex-TAP Aircraft are still around the world today as Bars, Gas Stations and lying around at Airports. Some of the TAP aircraft also were used by the Biafra Government during its short existence. Also, CS-TLF was the first portuguese Airliner to be hijacked, but everything turned out fine, as all the hijackers wanted was to drop anti-fascist pamphlets out of the aircraft.

	c/n 4616 CS-TLA Vasco da Gama		c/n 4617 CS-TLB Infante Dom Henrique		c/n 4618 CS-TLC Gago Coutinho
				tto Biafra, now in Museum in Malta

	c/n 4808 CS-TLD		c/n 4677 CS-TLE Salvador Correia de Sá		c/n 4672 CS-TLF Mouzinho de Albuquerque
ex Capitol Air		ex Thai Airways		ex Thai Airways (pic: TL?) No idea what happened to this bird...

Manufacturer	SUD Aerospatiale
Timeframe	1962-
Span	34.30 m
Length	32.00 m
Height	8.72 m
Passengers	80

Tap introduced its first jet powered Aircraft with the Caravelle in 1962. A total of three aircraft were in Service with the Airline.

	c/n 117 CS-TCA Goa		c/n 125 CS-TCB Damão		c/n 137 CS-TCC Diu
tto SAN of Ecuador, then a Disco!		tto SAN of Ecuador, crashed		tto SAN of Ecuador, damaged beyond repair

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp
Timeframe	1965-1990
Span	44.42 m
Length	46.61 m
Height	12.93 m
Passengers	ca 147

TAP operated a total of 12 Boeing 707-382B from 1965 until 1988, TBC until 1990. 2 of them were Cargo-Planes (TBI and TBJ) and two further aircraft came later from the portuguese Government (TBT & TBU; former CS-DGI and DGJ). CS-TBF became US Air Force Two, and CS-TBD became the Presidential Aircraft of Zaire, and was stored in Lisbon for a loooong time until being scrapped in late 2007.
TAP operated the Versions 707-382C, -399C, 373C and -3F5C, depending on the initial operators of the aircraft.

	c/n 18961/456 CS-TBA Santa Cruz		c/n 18962/501 CS-TBB Santa Maria		c/n 19740/676 CS-TBC Luanda
to Air Atlantis, later US Navy		to Air Atlantis, later US Navy		to Italian Air Force

	c/n 19969/751 CS-TBD Lourenço Marques		c/n 20136/803 CS-TBE Pedro Alvares Cabral		c/n 20297/836 CS-TBF Vasco da Gama
to Zaire Government		to TAAG as T2-DAG		to USAF (Air Force Two)

	c/n 20298/840 CS-TBG Fernão de Magalhães		c/n 19415/601 CS-TBH Pedro Nunes		c/n 19767/659 CS-TBI D. João de Castro
to Italian Air Force		ex Caledonian Aircraft, after TAP to many.		CARGO, ex Caledonian Aircraft, after TAP to many

	c/n 19179/500 CS-TBJ Lisboa		c/n 20514/857 CS-TBT Humberto Delgado		c/n 20515/859 CS-TBU Jaime Cortesão
CARGO, ex World Air Aircraft, after TAP to many.		ex Portuguese Military, after TAP to Italian Airforce		ex Portuguese Military, after TAP to Italian Airforce

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp.
Timeframe	1967-1989
Span	32.92 m
Length	40.59 m
Height	10.36 m
Passengers	94

The First 6 B727 in TAP Service were B727-82 (TBK-TBP) the first one being introduced in March 1967. Two further 100's were introduce lateron, those being different versions, CS-TBQ a B727-172C that came from Airlift and CS-TBV a B727-155C. The B727-100 was around at TAP until around 1989, some of them (TBK,L,M) also flew for TAP's Sister Airline Air Atlantis.

	cn 19404/384 CS-TBK Açores		cn 19405/398 CS-TBL Madeira		cn 19406/430 CS-TBM Algarve
to Air Atlantis after TAP. Crashed in 2000 in Luanda, Angola as S9-NAZ for Transafrik.		to Air Atlantis after TAP		to Air Atlantis after TAP

	cn 19597/524 CS-TBN Porto		cn 19968/660 CS-TBO Costa do Estoril		cn 20489/856 CS-TBP Cabo Verde
		Name of my hometown :-)

	cn 19665/476 CS-TBQ Bissau		cn 19618/461 CS-TBV
		only at TP from '78-'82

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp
Timeframe	1972-1984
Span	59.64 m
Length	70.66 m
Height	19.33 m
Passengers	ca 397

The first Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet entered TAP Service in 1972. Two units were delivered in 1972 (TJA/B) and one further unit in 1974 (TJC) and 1975 (TJD) each. The aircraft were mainly used for routes to the portuguese colonies, but since most of these were gone after the portuguese revolution in 1974, such large aircraft were no longer viable on most routes. TAP got rid of TJC and TJD shortly after in 1976, when they went to Pakistan International Airways. The two initial units stayed in the fleet until 1984 and got to wear the new livery. In 1984 the aircraft were finally sold to TWA, and TAP never got any further 747's thereafter. TJD is still flying to this day with Evergreen Airlines.

	c/n 20501.178 CS-TJA Portugal		c/n 20502.189 CS-TJB Brasil		c/n 20928.239 CS-TJC Luis de Camões
to TWA		to PIA		to PIA

	c/n 21035.256 CS-TJD Bartolomeu de Gusmão
to PIA shortly after delivery

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp
Timeframe	1975-1991
Span	32.92 m
Length	46.69 m
Height	10.36 m
Passengers	145

The larger Boeing 727-200 was introduced in 1975, TAP had the -282 Advanced Version. CS-TBR crashed in Funchal after Landing, whilst the other ones stayed in the fleet until the early 90's.

	cn 20972.1096 CS-TBR Sacadura Cabral		cn 20973.1099 CS-TBS Lisboa		cn 21949.1494 CS-TBW Coimbra
Aircraft crashed during TAP service in Funchal on 19.11.1977

	cn 21950.1579 CS-TBX Faro		cn 22430.1715 CS-TBY Amadora
to PanAm		to PanAm

Manufacturer	Beech Aircraft Corporation
Timeframe	early 1980's
Span	15.32 m
Length	10.82 m
Height	4.34 m
Passengers	7

'TAP Regional' operated various smaller aircraft in the early 90's, such as this Beech 90 King Air, two Beech 58 and two Twin Otters. These flew national routes within Portugal and intra-island flights.

	c/n CS-TFA ?
to LAR -Linhas Aéres Regionais after TAP.

Manufacturer	Beech Aircraft Corporation
Timeframe	early 1980's
Span	11.53 m
Length	8.53 m
Height	2.92 m
Passengers	5

At least one Beech 58 (TFB) was used for TAP services, possibly a second one (TFC) was also in TAP services at a certain point in time. These aircraft did not wear TAP colors however.

	c/n TH499 CS-TFB		c/n TH524 CS-TFC
		in Avialgarve Colors

Manufacturer	De Havilland Canada
Timeframe	early 1980's
Span	19.81 m
Length	15.09 m
Height	5.94 m
Passengers	20

Also Part of the TAP Regional Fleet were these two Twin Otters

	c/n 648 CS-TFD Funchal		c/n 664 CS-TFE Covilhã
to Air São Tomé after TAP		to LAR after TAP

Manufacturer	Lockheed
Timeframe	1983-1997
Span	50.09 m
Length	50.05 m
Height	16.87 m
Passengers	246

In 1983 TAP got the longhaul Aircraft Lockheed L1011-500 which replaced the Boeing 747's. Tap had a total of 7 Aircraft which were later replaced by Airbus Aircraft, both A310 and A340's. The latest two (TEF & TEG) were purchased 2nd hand from Royal Jordanian Airlines.

	c/n 293B-1239 CS-TEA Luis de Camões		c/n 293B-1240 CS-TEB Infante Dom Henrique		c/n 293B-1241 CS-TEC Gago Coutinho
to LAM after TP		to SATA, Auroatlantic after TP		to TAAG, Air Luxor and YES after Tap

	c/n 293B-1242 CS-TED Bartolomeu de Gusmão		c/n 293B-1243 CS-TEE Santo António de Lisboa		c/n 293B-1246 CS-TEF Fernando Pessoa
to Air Transat		to Air Transat		ex Royal Jordanian

	c/n 293B-1248 CS-TEG Eça de Queiroz
ex Royal Jordanian

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp.
Timeframe	1983-1999
Span	28.35 m
Length	30.53 m
Height	11.29 m
Passengers	130

TAP introduced the Boeing 737-200 Advanced in 1983 operating different Types, namely the B737-282 and one -282C plus second hand -2K9 and -230 from Monarch and Lufthansa/Condor. Tap had a total of 12 Aircraft and operated them until 1999 along with the Boeing 737-300, when both types were replaced by aircraft of the Airbus A320 Family. Some of the Aircraft mainly flew for Air Atlantis, TAP's Charter Airline. Another B737-200 (CS-TIS) also flew for Air Atlantis, but never for TP or in TP colors and is hence not listed here.

	c/n 23041.962 CS-TEK Ponta Delgada		c/n 23042.967 CS-TEL Funchal		c/n 23043.972 CS-TEM Setubal

	c/n 23044.973 CS-TEN ?		c/n 23045.978 CS-TEO ?		c/n 23046.981 CS-TEP Porto
to Air Atlantis after TP		to Air Atlantis after TP

	c/n 23051.1002 CS-TEQ Vila Real		c/n 22636.808 CS-TER Aveiro		c/n 22637.848 CS-TES Viana do Castelo
B737-282C		ex Condor/Lufthansa (737-230)		ex Condor/Lufthansa (737-230)

	c/n 22415.702 CS-TET ?		c/n 22416.709 CS-TEU ?		c/n 22402.744 CS-TEV ?
ex Monarch (737-2K9) to Air Atlantis after TP		ex Monarch (737-2K9) to Air Atlantis after TP		ex Condor/Lufthansa (737-230) to Air Atlantis after TP

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	1988-2008
Span	43.89 m
Length	46.66 m
Height	15.80 m
Passengers	200

The A310 started the Airbus era at TAP in 1988. A total of 8 aircraft were in service at the airline, however they are now being replaced by the Airbus A330, with the last A310 having left the fleet in 2008 after 20 years in TAP service.

	c/n 483 CS-TEH Bartolomeu Dias		c/n 495 CS-TEI Fernão de Magalhães		c/n 494 CS-TEJ Pedro Nunes
last A310 in fleet! only withdrawn from Service in mid 2008		to Oman Air		to White

	c/n 541 CS-TEW Vasco da Gama		c/n 565 CS-TEX João XXI		c/n 573 CS-TEY Pedro Alvares Cabral
to air Transat		to Oman Air		later became CS-TDI, only flew as CS-TEY from may 91 to june 92.

	c/n 472 CS-TEZ Viana da Mota		c/n 573 CS-TDI Padre Antonio Vieira
flew with other airlines before TAP, and then to Air Transat		former CS-TEY, flew for TAP with this Reg in '06-'07 before going to 'White'

Manufacturer	Boeing Corp
Timeframe	1988-2001
Span	28.88 m
Length	33.40 m
Height	11.13 m
Passengers	146

The Boeing 737 replaced older Boeing 727's and flew alongside the 737-200 from 1988 till 2001 until being replace by A320 family aircraft, which ultimately led to TAP being an all-Airbus Airline. A total of 13 aircraft were operated by TAP, one of them wearing a special Algarve Livery, another one 'Fly Algarve' Colors. Below are all 13 aircraft that flew for TP, plus one (CS-TII) that never flew for TAP, but belonged to Air Atlantis, TAP's Charter Airline, as did many others, but all except this one flew for TAP lateron. TAP had versions 737-382, -3K9, -3Q8 and -33A in Service.

	c/n 24364.1657 CS-TIA Madeira		c/n 24365.1695 CS-TIB Açores		c/n 24366.1699 CS-TIC Algarve
		in special EXPO98 colors		in special Fly Algarve Colors

	c/n 24449.1857 CS-TID Alto Minho		c/n 24450.1873 CS-TIE ?		c/n 24212.1633 CS-TIF Costa Verde
				mainly flew for Air Atlantis, then TAP

	c/n 24213.1794 CS-TIG ?		c/n 24214.1796 CS-TIH ?		c/n 24986.2192 CS-TII ?
ordered for Air Atlantis, then came to TAP		Another one that flew for Air Atlantis before TAP		This one never had a TAP Livery

	c/n 24987.2268 CS-TIJ ?		c/n 25161.2226 CS-TIK ?		c/n 25162.2241 CS-TIL ?
Also flew for TAP		text		text

	c/n 23827.1444 CS-TIN ?		c/n 23830.1462 CS-TIO ?
former Air Columbus as CS-TKD		to EURO Atlantic afterwards

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	1992-
Span	34.09 m
Length	37.57 m
Height	11.76 m
Passengers	156

The Airbus A320 starting replacing the older generation jets such as the B737-200 and -300. TAP still operates the A320 to this day, with a total fleet of 19, of which 15 are still in the fleet today

	c/n 185 CS-TNA Grão Vasco		c/n 191 CS-TNB Sophia de Mello Breyner		c/n 234 CS-TNC Perô de Covilhã
currently stored		currently stored		Changed Reg to CS-TNO

	c/n 235 CS-TND Garcia da Horta		c/n 395 CS-TNE Sá de Miranda		c/n 407 CS-TNF Fernão Lopes
Now Flying for Air France as F-GKXB		Gone to Strategic Airlines		Now Flying for Gulf Air as A40-ER

	c/n 945 CS-TNG Mouzinho da Silveira		c/n 960 CS-TNH Almada Negreiros		c/n 982 CS-TNI Aquilino Ribeiro

	c/n 1181 CS-TNJ Florbela Espanca		c/n 1206 CS-TNK Teófilo Braga		c/n 1231 CS-TNL Vitorino Nemésio

	c/n 1799 CS-TNM Natália Correia		c/n 1816 CS-TNN Gil Vicente		c/n 234 CS-TNO Luís de Freitas Branco
				former CS-TNC, left fleet

	c/n 2178 CS-TNP Alexandre O'Neill		c/n 3769 CS-TNQ José Régio		c/n 3883 CS-TNR Luís de Freitas Branco
from air Malta, Vueling, then TAP

	c/n 4021 CS-TNS D. Afonso Henriques l		c/n 4095 CS-TNT Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro		c/n 4106 CS-TNU Columbano Bord. Pinheiro

	c/n 4145 CS-TNV Grão Vasco		c/n 870 CS-TQD Eugénio de Andrade		c/n 1667 CS-TMW Luísa Todi
		ex- HB-IJT		ex Air Luxor

	c/n 407 CS-MAH
On loan from Air Macau in 1998

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	1994-
Span	60.30 m
Length	63.69 m
Height	16.83 m
Passengers	274

A total of 4 Airbus A340 replaced the Lockheeds and flew along with the Airbus A310 and became the TAP Flagship for many years. All four units are still flying for TAP and will be replaced with the Airbus A350XWB once it becomes available.

	c/n 41 CS-TOA Fernão Mendes Pinto		c/n 44 CS-TOB D. João de Castro		c/n 79 CS-TOC Wenceslau de Morais

	c/n 91 CS-TOD D. Francisco de Almeida

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	1997-
Span	34.10 m
Length	37.57 m
Height	11.76 m
Passengers	156

In 1997 the smaller sister of the Airbus A320 joins TAP, where a total of 19 aircraft are operated, some bought second hand after 2006.

	c/n 750 CS-TTA Vieira da Silva		c/n 755 CS-TTB Gago Coutinho		c/n 763 CS-TTC Fernando Pessoa

	c/n 790 CS-TTD Amadeo de Souza Cardoso		c/n 821 CS-TTE Francisco D'Ollanda		c/n 837 CS-TTF Calouste Gulbenkian

	c/n 906 CS-TTG Humberto Delgado		c/n 917 CS-TTH António Sérgio		c/n 933 CS-TTI Eça de Queiroz

	c/n 979 CS-TTJ Eusébio		c/n 1034 CS-TTK Miguel Torga		c/n 1100 CS-TTL Almeida Garrett

	c/n 1106 CS-TTM Alexandre Herculano		c/n 1120 CS-TTN Camilo Castelo Branco		c/n 1127 CS-TTO Antero de Quental

	c/n 1165 CS-TTP Josefa d'Óbidos		c/n 629 CS-TTQ Agostinho da Silva		c/n 1756 CS-TTR António Soares dos Reis
		ex- HB-IPZ		ex-Air Canada Aircraft

	c/n 1765 CS-TTS Guilhermina Suggia
ex-Air Canada Aircraft

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	2000-
Span	34.10 m
Length	44.51 m
Height	11.76 m
Passengers	194

In 2000 Airbus A321 joined the already all-Airbus fleet to complement the A319 and A320 on the european network, and to grant more flexibility to the airline. All four units are still in service with TAP today.

	c/n 1307 CS-TJE Pêro Vaz de Caminha		c/n 1399 CS-TJF Luis Vaz de Camões		c/n 1713 CS-TJG Amália Rodrigues

Manufacturer	Airbus Industrie
Timeframe	2006-
Span	60.30 m
Length	59.00 m
Height	16.83 m
Passengers	259-268

TAP got its first A330's in 2006. The first aircraft were former Swissair and Austrian Airlines aircraft, seven in total, and the rest was delivered new. Currently the fleet has 12 A330's, which replace the older A310's and are used for TAP's expansion in Brasil.