TAP Portugal News

TAP Passenger Numbers Up 7 Pct In 2011

January 4, 2012

TAP, Portugal's flag carrier, said passenger numbers rose 7 percent last year to 9.75 million, a record.
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EU Raids Brussels Airlines, TAP Portugal

December 19, 2011

EU antitrust regulators raided Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal last week, saying the carriers may have colluded illegally to sell seats on competing routes, breaching EU rules.
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More European Airline Consolidation Likely - Finnair

September 21, 2011

European airlines are likely to undergo another wave of consolidation, according to Finnair chief executive Mika Vehvilainen in a Financial Times report.
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Portugal Woos Lufthansa As Buyer For TAP

September 2, 2011

German airline Lufthansa should consider investing in TAP, Portugal's troubled state carrier which is to be sold, the indebted country's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho was quoted saying in a newspaper.
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IAG Chief Expects TAP Sale To Go Ahead

June 6, 2011

IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said on Monday it would be up to Portugal's new government to decide whether to go ahead with the sale of struggling state airline TAP, but he expected the move to go ahead.
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EU Commission Probes Two Code-share Deals

February 11, 2011

EU regulators said on Friday they had begun separate probes into two airline cooperation agreements -- between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, and between Brussels Airlines and Air Portugal.
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