There are travelers always on the lookout for a warm and sandy destination. Though plenty of destinations exist for lounging at sunset while the sea swells onto a beach, there is only one Madeira. An island often voted in the top ranks of island destinations, it has been dubbed the Pearl of the Atlantic.

US travel agents are a key element of SATA Azores Airlines’ sales strategy in North America.  Discover the World has been engaged to enhance and enlarge SATA’s relationship with the travel trade in the USA.  Understanding the importance of the travel agency community in assisting customers with international travel, Discover will apply its vast experience in this area to provide excellence in service and support to SATA’s valued existing travel agency partners and to reach out to new agencies interested in selling the Azores and other SATA destinations Our new North American trade service center will operate Monday to Friday 9 am to 7 pm Eastern Time and can be contacted by phone at 1-800-762-9995 or (508) 677-0555, and via email at support@sata-agents.com.

SATA Azores Airlines currently departs out of New York JFK and Boston, serving destinations in Europe and Africa (Azores, Madeira, Lisbon, Porto, Paris (CDG), and Cape Verde).  The winter schedule for 2022/2023 includes flights from Boston to Ponta Delgada, operating 5x per week. Also, SATA will fly direct from New York (JFK) into Ponta Delgada on Friday and Saturday and directly into Funchal on Thursdays.

About SATA Group
Established in the Azores in 1941, and with more than eighty years of History, SATA Group has at its core the depth of the Azorean soul and is committed to overcoming the archipelago’s isolation.

Composed of two airlines (SATA Air Açores and Azores Airlines) and an aerodrome managing body in the Archipelago of the Azores, the SATA Group has affirmed itself as an international airline that embraces the mission of building Atlantic bridges between the Azores and the world. SATA Airlines currently operates a network of regular national and international routes, playing an essential role in the economic and social development of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

About Discover the World
Discover the World has earned a reputation as an innovative global sales representation leader in the travel industry through a worldwide network of 85 offices in more than 60 countries. With a portfolio of over 100 clients utilizing its sales, marketing and business process outsourcing services, the work of Discover the World has a direct positive impact on the growth of our clients and trade industry partners every day.

For more information about Discover the World, visit discovertheworld.com, or call (480) 707-5566

Looking for a laid-back European experience that offers a UNESCO World Heritage town with cobblestone streets and friendly locals, bullfights and whale watching, dormant volcanoes to hike and sunken vessel to explore—and all without the hassle of big airports? Perhaps the Azores are the destination for you and your customers.

For a small archipelago, the Azores hold a large spot in history. Smack dab in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, halfway between North America and Europe, they have offered dry land, potable spring water and fresh food to sailors and pirates, doughboys and explorers. For tourists today, they are a stepping stone to a fun and easy vacation that’s just four or five hours from New York by plane, with a time difference of just four hours that makes communication with home easy and keeps jet lag to a minimum.

To kick off its new direct service from JFK, SATA Azores Airlines flew a group of New York travel advisors and press to this Portuguese paradise in the North Atlantic last week. Read the rest of this entry »

Island vacations are a true escape, one that feels the furthest from our everyday lives. Nothing but you, the beach, and long stretches of ocean to create distance from the daily grind and worries of life. About 870mi west of Lisbon, Portugal is the opportunity to visit just that place—the Azores Islands. A place that not only provides a remote getaway, but prides itself on sustainable tourism.

Officially named the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the Azores is an archipelago of 9 islands. Being volcanic in nature, the fertile earth of the islands sprang up a paradise. Lush green fields, forests, and mountains cover the terrain. Particularly São Miguel, the largest island in Read the rest of this entry »

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If you want an unforgettable trip, which you will never forget, the Azores are the place. The Azores islands located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean offer idyllic landscapes. Isolated until the 20th century, the archipelago with the different cultures and nationalities of its settlers, the Azores Islands have a rich cultural diversity, which makes each island a new world waiting to be explored. In the Azores you will find landscapes of unparalleled beauty, monuments carved in stone from volcanoes, museums that will take you back in time, animals unique in all the world, a cuisine stuffed of intense flavors and people who will welcome you with arms wide open. All the necessary ingredients for a perfect trip.

About SATA:

Formerly known as SATA International, Azores Airlines (S4) is a subsidiary of SATA Air Açores that is based in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Founded in 1990, the airline operates from a hub at João Paulo II Airport (PDL). Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS) is a focus city.  SATA connects over 80 destinations in the North Atlantic, with flights between continents, archipelagos, and islands.

The Azores are an archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 870  miles west of Portugal.

Since March 19, around 20 million cubic meters of magma encroached different parts of São Jorge in Portugal’s Azores island, according to the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN). This estimate of magma intrusions indicates chances for volcanic eruption on the earthquake-hit island of Azores’ São Jorge.

CIVISA, a seismic-volcanic surveillance center, has recorded 20,000 small earthquakes from March 19^th to 30^th, although more than 8,000 earthquakes are recorded by the IMPA, Portugal’s meteorological agency.

The strongest tremor occurred last Tuesday with a magnitude of 3.8 being felt in nearby islands to São Jorge namely Terceira, Pico, and Faial. These nearby islands are also volcanic. IMPA, Portugal’s meteorological agency, estimated Tuesday’s earthquake magnitude as high as 4.0 magnitude. The last volcanic eruption was in 1808.

The earthquake’s epicenter appears to be shifting westward across the island and the probability of an eruption remains high.