Government not pushing special treatment for TAP airline

The Minister of Infrastructures has said that Portugal does not expect a different treatment from that given to other airlines, but wants to reduce the loss of 'slots' as much as possible.

By TPN/Lusa, in Business · 06 Sep 2021, 16:09 · 2 Comments

“All airlines have lost 'slots'. We do not expect a different treatment for TAP. Obviously, we want to limit the loss of 'slots' to a minimum”, said Pedro Nuno Santos, who was speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The official also recalled that the 'slots' (hourly vacancies at an airport for an airline to land and take off planes) are “very important” to link, for example, Europe to Africa or even the United States.

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Comments

Ban all slots for money grabbers RYANAIR then you would have plenty for TAP your own airline. Look after your own for once.

By J from Lisbon on 07 Sep 2021, 11:39

My view is the opposite. Stop subsidising TAP and give Ryanair the opportunities they seek. After all there is a limit to how far they fly with the planes they have. They aren’t going to fly to Brazil in a hurry.

By David S from Algarve on 07 Sep 2021, 20:24