The issue of TAP was mentioned by the president of the CFP
in response to the deputies of the Budget and Finance Committee, where he was
heard as part of the discussion in the specialty of the proposed State Budget
for 2023 (OE2023).
"We do not know the details of what is intended to be
done, either in the conclusion of the restructuring process of TAP, or in terms
of privatisation of the company, but it is clear that the situation of TAP
concerns us", said Nazaré Costa Cabral.
TAP "is a so-called flagship company" and the
question that arises at the moment "is how the company will be sold, at
what price, under what conditions and to whom".
"I think these are issues that should start to worry
the Portuguese, because the company has a very large liability, it is a company
that has financial debt and, incidentally, some of it will expire next year, so
it is important to see under what conditions this sale is going to materialise
and the impacts it may have for taxpayers and for the Portuguese", said
Nazaré Costa Cabral.
Time for Portuguese tax payers to stop paying for this failed airline.
By K from Other on 12 Nov 2022, 18:44
Well I strongly suspect that the International Residents (tax payers too) would guess the opposite to have been true and is unlikely to change through a sale. TAP like most National airlines have been financial burdens on tax payers from the U.K. and the Netherlands to Spain and Portugal.
By Chris Loynes from Algarve on 14 Nov 2022, 12:40
I think, it is a lot better for the Portuguese people to sell Tap then to let them go bust. To rely on airlines like Ryanair or other airlines to connect Portugal to the world is not safe enough. This safety comes at a cost.
By Joh.-Christoph Platz from Lisbon on 23 Nov 2022, 18:33