Flights by TAP Air Portugal will begin...

Flights by TAP Air Portugal will begin April 16 between Los Angeles and Lisbon via the Azores Islands. Planes will depart Los Angeles every Sunday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For reservations, contact travel agents or TAP Air Portugal toll-free at (800) 221-7370.

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Swissair is scheduling nonstop flights on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday between Los Angeles and Switzerland beginning Nov. 1. The carrier expects to increase the flights to five a week by April 1, 1990 and daily by 1991. For reservations, contact travel agents or call toll-free (800) 221-4750.

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“French for Travelers” will be taught on Tuesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Los Angeles Harbor College, beginning Tuesday and ending May 9. The fee is $34. Call (213) 518-3510 for more information and registration.

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Egypt and the Nile will be the subject of travel photographer Mort Loveman at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Roxbury Memorial Park, 471 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills. Admission free. For more information, call (213) 550-4761.

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Travelers interested in Ecuador can view slides of the country at an informational meeting sponsored by Bay Area Travel Service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Santa Ynez Recreational Center, 1515 Palisades Drive, Pacific Palisades. Admission free. For more information, call (213) 451-5566.

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Slides on Egypt will be shown by travel photographer Ben Rashall at a meeting of Anaheim Armchair Adventurers at 7 p.m. Friday at the Euclid Branch Library, 1340 S. Euclid St., Anaheim. Admission free. For more information and reservations, call (714) 551-5465.

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Australia’s Alice Springs, Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef will be discussed at a meeting of One for the Road Travel Club at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Carillon Room, Glendale Federal Savings, 401 N. Brand Ave., Glendale. Admission $5. For more information and reservations, call (818) 569-0235.