Frota Azul Portugal – Porto, Lisbon Bus Rental Company
45+
Years in the Business
300+
Vehicles available
Your GPN member in Portugal
Frota Azul is a company strategically created by Group BARRAQUEIRO in 1981 for the international charter coach sector. Always oriented by the highest Quality, Comfort and Safety standards, Frota Azul is the preferred partner for all the major tour operators working in Europe and North Africa.
Combining the excellent technical quality of its motorcoach fleet with a fully qualified team of professionals and the continuous development of the company’s Quality and Environment Management System (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001), Frota Azul ensures the achievement of its mission – to satisfy all of its clients’ needs and expectations. Frota Azul means confidence on wheels.
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Address & details
Key persons
Jorge Filipe
Administration Board Member
Miguel do Ó
Managing Director
Pedro Figueiras
Sales
Frota Azul is a company belonging to BARRAQUEIRO Group’s family of brands.
Group Barraqueiro is a founding member of EPTO-European Passenger Transport Operators, along with other renowned companies in this sector, and is the largest passenger transport group in the Iberian Peninsula.
Frota Azul is also a member of ETOA.
We provide airport transfers in all of the portuguese airports, from individuals to large groups. With operational bases located near the airports, emergencies are always easy to deal with. Besides transport, we can also arrange meet & greet services at the airport.
Frota Azul provides the necessary means for this type of service, not only to and from airports but also seaports, railway stations and hotels, always ensuring the most suitable vehicle for your particular needs.
Frota Azul offers not only the technical excellence of more than 300 vehicles (out of a total 3100), but also a team of multi-lingual, qualified and specialized professionals who guarantee the satisfaction of the most demanding requirements. We cater for the transportation needs of individuals, groups and the world’s largest tour operators, in short, medium and large distance tours. 24/7, 365 days a year. Frota Azul offers a variety of solutions for this type of service, whether the tour is entirely within Portugal, a little farther afield, such as Spain or Morocco, or even anywhere else in Europe.
Tours & guides
Any tour can be customised to the group’s needs, requirements and duration.
Licensed Guides: a carefully selected network of multilingual, professional licensed guides for archaeological sites, museums and en-route commentary.
f you need a more customized or specialized service, Frota Azul has a huge range of coaches for hire with a variety of specifications to ensure that you, our customer, will be completely satisfied with our services.
Quality & safety
No time fuses, no worries… We can be reached 24/7, 365 days a year.
All our fleet is inspected and maintained at our maintenance facilities as well as at the coaches’ makers, always following the preventive maintenance policy implemented within the company.
Besides the tight and strict internal safety policy, which doubles the number of coach inspections per year, we also make sure that when choosing new models to our fleet, we are getting the best the industry has to offer in terms of safety. Our drivers are chosen for their abilities, being submitted to psychological, capacity and driving exams. Upon completion and validation, they enter a program we call “ECO-SAFE-DRIVING”. Our drivers also have several training programs each year, as well as thorough medical exams.
Four decades of continuous operations in Portugal, Europe and Morocco speak on our behalf.
We are fully committed in assuring quality of service to our clients, on every stage, from the initial contact to the moment we say goodbye to our new found friends.
Not only we offer top class vehicles, but also top class, multilingual and client-focused professional and well groomed drivers, with company suit and tie attire.
We provide our drivers with regular training courses, internally and externally, in order to enable them to learn new languages, drive safely/economically/environmentally friendly and so that they may be skilled in Public Relations.
One, world, one planet. We agree! Being an environmentally certified company, all our coaches are equipped with Euro VI engines.
The coaches also monitor the drivers performance each time they drive them and results are analysed by our Maintenance and Performance Division, along with the drivers, so that they may learn how to improve their general performance, lowering fuel consumption rates and, thus, lowering CO emissions.
Quality Management System certified company, under ISO 9001 standard. Environment Management System certified company under ISO 14001 standard. Several times awarded with “Best Coach Company” prizes in Portugal.
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