The airline Tap Air Portugal had around 2023 million passengers on board in the first half of 7,58. In direct comparison with the same period last year, the number of passengers increased by around 30,2 percent. This is primarily due to the high demand for long-haul flights. The routes to North America, Brazil and Africa were particularly in demand. Tap Air Portugal counted 2,17 million passengers on these in the first six months of the current year, 31,1 percent more than a year earlier. According to its own information, the Portuguese airline was also able to exceed the transport performance it had in the first half of 2019. It had 14,7 percent more passengers on board. On intra-European routes, Tap transported a total of 2023 million passengers in the first half of 5,41, 29,8 percent more than in the same period last year, but still 10 percent less than in the period before the pandemic. The airline can also report positive figures with regard to the average load factor of its aircraft: at 80,2 percent, it is 5,5 percentage points higher than in 2022 and already half a percentage point higher than in the first half of 2019. In terms of ASK (Available Seat Kilometers), Tap recorded a total of 25,02 billion in the first half of the year, 21,4 percent more than in the same period last year and 4,3 percent more than in the first half of 2019. In view of this indicator (ASK), an even greater growth in demand should be highlighted, measured in RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometers), which totaled 20,07 billion in the first half of the year, 30,4 percent more than in the same period in 2022 and already five percent above the period before