Private company

Air Atlantis

Logo: Air Atlantis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Portuguese charter airline

Air Atlantis was a Portuguese charter airline wholly owned by TAP Air Portugal to provide leisure flights to most European cities.2 It ceased to exist in 1993.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
  • HeadquartersLisbon1
Air Atlantis Boeing 737-300
Photo: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Air Atlantis was a Portuguese charter airline wholly owned by TAP Air Portugal to provide leisure flights to most European cities.2

The story

The airline began operations in May 1985 using a Boeing 707 and a Boeing 737-200. By the next year, these aircraft were replaced with Boeing 727s, which were the first aircraft painted in the new airline's livery. The 727s were replaced by Boeing 737-200 and brand new Boeing 737-300 from 1988 onwards.

Charter flights were flown from Amsterdam, Stockholm, Dublin, Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Exeter, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, London, Manchester, Munich, Newcastle, Stuttgart, and Zurich to points in Portugal, but mostly Faro.

By early 1993, TAP Air Portugal decided to restructure its operations, and Air Atlantis was dissolved on April 30, 1993.

From Wikipedia’s article on Air Atlantis, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1993Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1985Founded Founded1

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