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Brussels approves state aid for restructuring plan TAP Portugal

TAP Portugal can continue its restructuring plans now that the European Commission has approved €2.55 billion in state aid the carrier from the Portuguese government. The Commission also ruled positively over a combined €178.5 million in Covid-aid. Brussels approves state…

Richard Schuurman
December 23, 2021

Airlines

Does Ryanair’s bashing of TAP have any substance?

Ryanair demands that the Portuguese government and the European Commission intervene and make an end to what the carrier calls ‘slot blocking’ at Lisbon Portela Airport. The Irish low-cost says that national airline TAP Portugal continues to benefit from slots being…

Richard Schuurman
October 18, 2021