{"id":136813,"date":"2023-02-17T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=136813"},"modified":"2023-02-18T00:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:33:05","slug":"air-france-klm-interested-in-portugals-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/02\/air-france-klm-interested-in-portugals-tap.html","title":{"rendered":"Air France-KLM interested in Portugal&#8217;s TAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Air France-KLM<\/strong> CEO Ben Smith reiterated Friday that the group is interested in the soon-to-be-privatized Portuguese airline <strong>TAP<\/strong>, highlighting the carrier&#8217;s strong position in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;TAP&#8217;s network in Brazil seems extremely powerful to us,&#8221; he told a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/02\/air-france-announces-new-route-paris-ottawa.html\">Air France announces new route between Paris and Ottawa, Canada<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese government, which owns TAP, has stated that it is studying the total or partial sale of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and IAG, owner of British Airways, are among the possible buyers, according to analysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-cb2d37a7     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"467\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/etihad-airways-bolsters-u-s-network-chicago-reaches-double-daily-frequency-and-charlotte-scales-to-daily-service.html\" 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