Azores Airlines’ Airbus A321 LR touched the Lajes Airport runway at Terceira Island at 8:54 pm. During the approximately five-hour flight, the flight crew offered some treats that symbolically marked the inaugural flight. Among the surprises, passengers received a Dona Amélia, a sweet cheesecake typical of Terceira Island, which came with a Blackberry Liqueur, all…
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Special treats aboard the first flights between the Azores and New York
In June, Azores Airlines will start its air operation between the Azores and New York (through John F. Kennedy International Airport), bringing the paradisiacal archipelago closer to one of the most extraordinary cities in the world. Scenery for hundreds of films and TV shows, New York City is capable of provoking in those who visit…
Santorini – the island of blue
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSAVIA, YOU CAN NOW GO TO THE WELL-KNOWN GREEK ISLAND OF SANTORINI. A PLACE DOMINATED BY THE COLOR BLUE, WHICH REFLECTS THE SKY INTO THE SEA AND SETS THE TONE ON LAND. FIND OUT A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS DESTINATION. Although nowadays very Greek, it was Venetian sailors who gave the island…
Celebration of Male Friends’ Day, Female Friends’ Day and Carnival on board our airplanes
Male Friends’ Day, which is celebrated on February 3, and Female Friends’ Day, which is celebrated on the following Thursday, February 10, set the beginning of the Carnival season in the Azores islands. Tradition has been a good excuse for friends not to lose the pleasure of getting together around a table and investing some…
Meals with a new feeling in the skies of the Azores
The Azores, our identity and our main destination, are a place where the real can easily mix with the mystical. And the legends that are told all over the 9 islands – themselves considered the peaks of ancient Atlantis, the lost eighth continent – are proof of that. This mysticism, so appreciated by all who…
Have you already downloaded the latest edition of our inflight magazine?
Have you already downloaded or read the latest edition of the Azorean Spirit magazine, exclusively in digital format? You can do it easily here and let your mind travel through its pages, wherever you are. In this issue, visit (or revisit!) Toronto, one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world and a major…
São Miguel, the Magical island of a forbidden love
In distant times, in the Kingdom of Sete Cidades, lived a blue-eyed princess, imprisoned by the condition of being the king’s only child. Tired of the exile imposed by her father, the young woman escaped from her imprisonment to find freedom in the forests of enchantments that the castle walls could not hide. In this…
João de Macedo – the international surfer with an ecologic purpose for the Azores and beyond
Save The Waves Coalition hosted a five island tour to present The Azores Save The WavesFilm Festival. João de Macedo, international surfer, Save The Waves ambassador, and WorldSurfing Reserves Co-Founder, has been working with the organization in the Azores to learnmore about the significance of surfing in the area and how to utilize the power…
Find out why the Azores are a sustainable tourist destination
The Azores are one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. Its lush nature, fascinating landscapes, cuisine, and kind people make its visitors return home with a full heart. But the Azores are also the first archipelago in the world to achieve an international certification of sustainable destination under the EarthCheck Sustainable Destination program….