The Air France-KLM Group announced a 12 percent increase in its transport capacity offer in Portugal for the upcoming IATA Winter (2026-27), compared to the same period last year. The group's airlines — Air France, KLM and Transavia — will operate a total of 24 routes and up to 238 weekly frequencies, connecting the five Portuguese airports where they operate — Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Madeira and Ponta Delgada — from France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Among the highlights of the winter program, Air France will double the flight frequency on the Porto-Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport route, with an overnight stop in Porto. Transavia will launch a new route between Porto and Brussels on December 14, with three weekly flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Overall, the expansion will result in a capacity increase of 35 percent in Madeira, 19 percent in Porto, 11 percent in Faro and 4 percent in Lisbon.
The group will also reinforce the use of next-generation aircraft on flights to and from Portugal, such as the Air France Airbus A220s on the Lisbon-Paris-CDG and Porto-Paris-CDG routes, and the KLM Airbus A321neo on the Lisbon-Amsterdam route. Through the code-share agreement with Delta Air Lines, direct flights from Lisbon to New York (JFK) and Boston are also offered year-round, in addition to the seasonal Porto-JFK service.
Air France celebrates 80 years in the Portuguese market this year, while KLM already accounts for 86 years of operations in Portugal. KLM started flying to the country in 1940 and inaugurated commercial service at Portela Airport in Lisbon in 1942, with a DC-3. Manuel Flahault, Managing Director of Air France-KLM for Portugal and Spain, stated that the capacity increase reflects the group's long-term commitment to the Portuguese market.
