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The 72-year-old airline, which doubled traffic to the U.S. over the past year, also offered retro flights this summer to Toronto and Sao Paulo.

TAP Air Portugal takes passengers back to the ’70s on retro flight

Post date: Aug 28 2017

By: Vawn Himmelsbach

The flight included a surprise appearance by Michelin-starred Chef Rui Silvestre, who served up a take-home cork bottle of flor de sal to business-class passengers (the carrier is collaborating with six Michelin-starred chefs as part of its ‘Taste the Stars’ program).

By: Vawn Himmelsbach

Vawn Himmelsbach has been writing about travel for more than a decade for media outlets such as CBC.ca, Metro News, Flare, Sweet Travel, PlanetEye Traveler and Hotelier, among others. She is co-founder of Chic Savvy Travels, a travel website for women, has contributed to a guidebook on China, and has been published in a book of non-fiction, called Emails from India. She has spent more than three years working and traveling abroad in Asia and Latin America.