{"id":109143,"date":"2021-04-24T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=109143"},"modified":"2021-04-26T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:20:51","slug":"approve-loan-tap-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/04\/approve-loan-tap-airline.html","title":{"rendered":"Approve 462 million euros loan for Portugal&#8217;s TAP airline."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Commission said on Friday it had authorised a loan of 462 million euros ($556.9 million) from the Portuguese government to airline <strong>Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP)<\/strong> to compensate for damage suffered during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline, similar to others across Europe, incurred significant losses due to travel restrictions in Portugal and destination countries, the Commission said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/04\/tap-breaks-record-longest-flight-operated-by-an-a321lr.html\"><em>TAP breaks record longest flight operated by an A321LR.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis measure will enable Portugal to compensate TAP for the damage it suffered as a direct result of the travel restrictions that Portugal and other destination countries had to implement to limit the spread of the coronavirus,\u201d EU antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/health-coronavirus-eu-tap\/eu-regulators-approve-462-million-euros-loan-for-portugals-tap-airline-idUSL8N2MG5H9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The support, in the form of loan, may be converted into capital and disbursed to TAP in one or several instalments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  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