TAP Air Portugal expands Summer 2024 long-haul operations to Brazil, Canada, and the USA
TAP Air Portugal is gearing up for a robust summer in 2024, bolstering its long-haul operations with increased flights to key destinations in Brazil,...
Etihad and TAP Air Portugal codeshare opens up exciting new destinations
Etihad Airways and TAP Air Portugal have forged a strategic codeshare agreement, granting passengers access to an expanded range of destinations across both airlines'...
TAP passengers to the Azores are back in Lisbon twice after 15 hours, and at destination in Terceira after more than 33 hours
Passengers faced a nightmare flight experience when a trip from Lisbon to the Azores stretched to over 15 hours, leading them back to Lisbon...
Portuguese Government to privatise at least 51% of TAP Air Portugal
The Portuguese government has approved a decree law that paves the way for the privatisation of at least 51% of TAP Air Portugal's capital....
TAP Air Portugal pilots call off Easter strike
The strike that unions representing the TAP Air Portugal pilots called for Easter has been called off. The decision was made after the Portuguese...
TAP Air Portugal pilots announce strike for Easter weekend, easyJet Portugal cabin crew a week earlier
The TAP Air Portugal pilots' union announced on Thursday that it threatens to strike from April 7 to 10 if the government does not...
TAP Air Portugal returns to profit for the first time since 2017
TAP Air Portugal came out of the red last year by posting a net profit, at 65.6 million euros, for the first time since...
TAP launches flights from Porto to Luanda and makes connection from Porto to New York daily
TAP will launch two direct connections to Luanda and make New York a daily connection from Porto, with frequency reinforcements in other international destinations...
TAP Air Portugal cabin crew call strike on 8 and 9 December
Cabin crew working for TAP Air Portugal have announced a two-day strike on 8 and 9 December, the Portuguese airline is forced to cancel...
IAG may possibly purchase easyJet and/or TAP
Together with Vueling, the acquisition of easyJet would allow the creation of a European low-cost giant
Shares of easyjet, Europe's second-largest low-cost carrier, soared 6...
Air France-KLM is interested in Portuguese airline TAP
The Air France-KLM group is interested in taking a stake in the Portuguese company TAP. At the press conference to present the results of...
TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320neo collides with motorbike at Conakry airport, killing two
On 2 September, a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320neo (registered CS-TVI) operated flight TP1492 between Lisbon, Portugal and Conakry, Guinea. During landing at the...
[Video] Light aircraft narrowly avoids two parked aircraft at Cotswold, UK, before crashing into ditch
On 4 August at around 10:30 (UTC +1), a Piper PA-28 light aircraft (registered G-BCJN) carrying one pilot and two passengers crashed into a...
European Commission approves award of slots at Lisbon airport to easyJet following TAP Group’s restructuring
The European Commission has ranked easyJet first among the air carriers that have applied for the portfolio of up to 18 daily slots at...
Crew finds passenger unconscious, TAP Air Portugal flight diverts
A 71-year-old British passenger died after a suspected heart attack on a TAP Air Portugal flight between London Heathrow, United Kingdom and Lisbon, Portugal....
TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320 overflies buildings at close range during go-around Copenhagen Airport
On 8 April, a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320 (registered CS-TNV) performed flight TP754 between Lisbon, Portugal and Copenhagen, Denmark. The aircraft carried 102...
Restructuring aid to TAP Group – Airlines can apply for up to 18 slots at Lisbon airport
In the context of the European Commission’s approval of €2.55 billion restructuring aid from Portugal to TAP Group (case SA.60165), TAP Air Portugal shall...
European Commission approves €2.55 billion Portuguese restructuring aid in favour of TAP Group and €107 million compensation for damages suffered due to coronavirus pandemic
Today, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules: (i) €2.55 billion of restructuring aid to enable the Group Transportes Aéreos Portugueses...
TAP plane fails to land in Bissau due to bad weather and returned to Lisbon after refuelling in Cape Verde
A TAP Airbus A320neo registered CS-TVJ failed to land on Wednesday, 7 September, at Bissau's Osvaldo Vieira Airport (OXB) on flight TP1477 "due to...
European Commission approves €1.2 billion rescue loan; opens investigation into €3.2 billion Portuguese further restructuring aid in favour of TAP
By two separate decisions adopted today, the European Commission hasre-approved €1.2 billion rescue aid to Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SGPS S.A. (“TAP Air...