Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal said in a statement that there will be two flights a day to Brussels, with departures from the northern Portuguese city of Porto at 7:00 am and 5:35pm and arrivals at the Belgium capital at 10:30am and 9:05pm respectively.

Flights to Lyon will also be daily, with two departure times (from Porto at 6:30am and 6:30pm and arrivals at the French city at 9:35am and 9:35pm).

Trips to Munich will leave Porto at 12:15am and reach Germany at 3:55pm.

According to the company, the increase in the links from Porto airport brings the total number of direct routes operated by TAP from Porto to Europe, the United States and Brazil to 19.