HOW TO GET TO THE AZORES

Even though the Azores are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it's pretty easy to get around! Since islands of the Azores are surrounded by water, as you can imagine, you can get here by two means of transportation: plane or boat.

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This article was last updated on 14.01.2025. Please double check the current connections.

Getting to the Azores by plane

Most of the connections (several per day) are from mainland Portugal: Lisbon and Porto, however there are some airline companies which take you directly from various countries. This often is a seasonal thing, so we recommend to check it in advance (when no dates are stated below, the connection is usually operated throughout the whole year):

Portugal

Lisbon (LIS) - Azores Airlines, TAP, Ryanair

Porto (OPO) - Azores Airlines, TAP, Ryanair

Faro (FAO) - Azores Airlines

Belgium

Brussels (CRL) - Ryanair (March 31 to October 20, 2025)

Canada

Montreal (YUL) - Azores Airlines

Toronto (YYZ) - Azores Airlines

Check Republic

Prague (PRG) - Smartwings (April 1 to November 23, 2025)

France

Paris (CDG) - Azores Airlines

Germany

Dusseldorf (DUS) - Eurowings (May 10 to October 04, 2025)

Frankfurt (FRA) - Azores Airlines (March 30 to October 22, 2025)

Frankfurt (FRA) - Lufthansa (April 6 to October 25, 2025)

Italy

Milan (MXP) - Azores Airlines

Netherlands

Amsterdam (AMS) - Transavia (April 17 to October 26, 2025)

Spain

Barcelona (BCN) - Azores Airlines

Bilbao (BIO) - Azores Airlines (June 05 to October 25, 2025)

Las Palmas (LPA) - Binter Canarias (April 04 to October 24, 2025)

Madrid (MAD) - Iberia Airlines (June 14 to September 27, 2025)

Tenerife (TFN) - Binter Canarias (July 01 to October 21, 2025)

Switzerland

Zurich (ZRH) - Edelweiss Air (March 10 to November 10, 2025)

UK

London-Heathrow (LHR) - British Airways (April 5 to October 25, 2025)

London-Stansted (STN) - Ryanair (April 01 to October 21, 2025)

USA

Boston (BOS) - Azores Airlines

New York (JFK) - Azores Airlines

New York/Newark (EWR) - United Airlines (June 06 to September 23, 2025)

Getting to the Azores by boat

There are no frequent connections by boat to the Azores. However, you can get here by one of the cruise line companies, mostly during the winter time and as a part of the transatlantic crossing. If you have the sailor's spirit, you can also sail here - all the islands are boat-friendly!

You can travel between the islands of Pico, Faial and São Jorge by local ferry (Atlanticoline) as well as Flores and Corvo by a small boat. So if you decide to land on one of them, you can explore the neighbouring islands by boat.

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