FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TAP AIR PORTUGAL SELECTS AVIAREPS TO HANDLE ALL ITS SALES AND SERVICE CENTRE ACTIVITIES IN BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND THE NETHERLANDS Amsterdam, Netherlands (October 6 th, 2017) AVIAREPS, the global leader and expert in developing and shaping international tourism and aviation demand and spend, with 64 offices in 47 countries around the world, has been appointed by TAP Air Portugal to handle the airline s sales and service centre activities in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The landmark agreement, which came into effect from October 1 st, 2017, saw TAP Air Portugal s own dedicated offices in Belgium and the Netherlands close, with AVIAREPS Belgian and Dutch operations now conducting the airline s sales and support service centres in these markets. TAP Air Portugal s Luxembourg office location remains fully functional, now incorporated as an AVIAREPS entity. Says Riccardo Lo Presti, VP Sales & Distribution of TAP Air Portugal: Our dedication and commitment to our Benelux customers and partners remains as strong as always. By
partnering with AVIAREPS in this way we have ensured that business opportunities and customer care can continue to flourish well into the future. Says Edgar Lacker, Chief Executive Officer, AVIAREPS: Our partnership with TAP Air Portugal in the Benelux is an excellent example of how airlines can take advantage of our consolidated aviation expertise, networks and know-how, to provide business solutions that maintain and boost their international market presence efficiently, effectively and economically. We look forward to growing the business of TAP Air Portugal in the Benelux. TAP Air Portugal has a long-standing partnership with AVIAREPS since 2009, where AVIAREPS continues as the airline s General Sales Agent (GSA) in Poland, Russia and Colombia. TAP Air Portugal continues to position itself as a dynamic airline, with the number of passengers transported in August 2017 reaching a record number of 1.42 million, an increase of 18.7% compared to a year before. These results were in part aided by the airline s proactive approach to the launch of new routes and an increase in flight frequencies. TAP Air Portugal offers daily flights from Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg to Portugal s capital city Lisbon, and the city of Porto in the country s north. From Lisbon there are numerous and excellent connections to the Portuguese destinations of Algarve, the Madeira Islands and the Azores, as well as international flights to destinations in Africa, North, Central and South America. -End- About TAP Air Portugal TAP Air Portugal is Portugal s leading airline, and member of Star Alliance, the global airline alliance to offer customers worldwide reach, since 2005. In operation since 1945, TAP celebrated 70 years on March 14, 2015, and has completed its privatization process in
2015, with the Atlantic Gateway Group now as new private shareholders of its share capital. TAP hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway at the crossroads of Africa, North, Central and South America, where TAP stands out as the international leading carrier in operation to Brazil. The company s network currently comprises 85 destinations in 35 countries worldwide. TAP currently operates about 2,500 weekly flights in average on a modern fleet of 66 Airbus aircraft and 21 aircraft in TAP Express livery, operating in the company s regional network, adding up to a 87 aircraft fleet in the whole. Within the vast restructure program currently going across the company as the outcome of its privatization process, TAP has announced its Network restructure, its medium and long haul fleet renewal program as of 2017 and the retrofit of the fleet currently in operation as well as the launch of the new branded product TAP Express, which replaced PGA and operates a new fleet of 17 ATR 72 and Embraer 190. In the pursuit of its customer focused policy, TAP continuously strives to deliver safe, reliable and upgraded products & services, tailored to meet customers expectations. Retaining the Portuguese character of the Company s brand and quality service as the basic concept has been the main driver of TAP strategy in most recent years. Recognized and awarded as the Europe s Leading Airline to Africa as well as Europe s Leading Airline to South America by the World Travel Awards in 2016, 2015 and 2014, the company was also awarded as the WTA World s Leading Airline to Africa in 2011 and 2012 and the WTA World s Leading Airline to South America in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, while the company s In-flight magazine UP also received the WTA award as Europe s Leading Inflight Magazine in 2015 and 2016. Voted Best Airline in Europe in 2011, 2012, 2013 and again in 2015 by the Global Traveler, USA, the company was also honored by UNESCO and by the International Union of Geological Sciences with the IYPE Planet Earth Award 2010, in the category of Most Innovative Sustainable Product. TAP was also voted Best Airline by Condé Nast Traveller Magazine in 2010 and Best Portuguese Tourism Company by the specialized magazine Marketeer, in 2011.
About Founded in Germany in 1994 with an extensive office network that spans all six inhabited continents with 64 self-owned offices across 47 countries, the AVIAREPS Group is the world s leading airline and tourism representation company with over 100 airlines and more than 150 tourism, hospitality, retail and trade promotion clients in its portfolio. In addition to providing well established passenger General Sales Agent (GSA) services and tourism marketing representation, clients are also offered expertise and services in digital marketing, public relations, advertising, IT solutions, consulting, financial services, airport marketing, and trade & retail promotion. For further information, please visit www.aviareps.com, or follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/aviarepsgroup https://twitter.com/aviareps_group https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/67321/ Notes to Editor: Image 1: Edgar Lacker, CEO of AVIAREPS
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