T.A.P. – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – was founded as a Special Department of the Secretariat for Civil Aviation on 14^th March 1945. They operated Lockheed Super Constellations and these were superseded by Viscounts from BEA which were used on the London – Lisbon route. After BEA. began Comet services in early 1960 4Bs were switched to cover T.A.P. services between Madeira and London.

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