TAP Portugal (Lisbon) is set to commence commercial E195 operations later this quarter. The Portuguese carrier is expected to take delivery of four aircraft of the type during the current half of year for onward placement with its Portugália Airlines (NI, Lisbon) unit.

Operating under its TAP Express brand, the Embraer Regional Jets will be deployed on flights from Lyon St. Exupéry and Marseilles from May 18 onwards. Thereafter, according to Airline Route, services will include Düsseldorf, Toulouse Blagnac, Nantes, Marrakech, Bordeaux Mérignac, Madrid Barajas, Barcelona El Prat, Nice, Gran Canaria, Stuttgart Manfred Rommel, Manchester International, Cologne/Bonn, Algiers, London Gatwick, Faro.

Portugalia currently operates nine E190s on regional European and North African services.