“The Lisbon- Porto ‘Ponte aérea’ (shuttle) was the airline's busiest route with a total of 726,000 passengers, 8% more than the year before.

European routes contributed most to the overall figures with 8.7 million passengers in the 12 months, more than 22% up on 2016.

The North American market grew 54.5% to 729,000, while connections to Brazil increased 14% to 1.6 million passengers.