{"id":144114,"date":"2023-09-27T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=144114"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:24:18","slug":"iag-could-be-interested-in-portugals-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/09\/iag-could-be-interested-in-portugals-tap.html","title":{"rendered":"IAG could be interested in Portugal&#8217;s TAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of <strong>IAG<\/strong>, owner of British Airways and Iberia, Luis Gallego, said Wednesday that the upcoming privatization of Portuguese airline TAP &#8220;could be interesting&#8221; for his company, depending on the conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese government is expected to approve on Thursday the legal framework for the privatization of state-owned airline TAP. The government has stated its intention to maintain a strategic stake in the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/09\/iberia-and-iberia-express-were-most-punctual-airlines-in-europe-this-summer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iberia and Iberia Express were most punctual airlines in Europe this summer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are always open to having big companies, brands in our portfolio. We want to see the conditions of the privatization of TAP, we think it could be interesting for us,&#8221; Gallego told a conference in Lisbon. IAG also owns Aer Lingus, LEVEL and Vueling.<\/p>\n<p>At least two other major global carriers, Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, have so far shown interest in TAP, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>TAP CEO Luis Rodrigues said at the same event that he expected Thursday to be a &#8220;great day&#8221; for the company: &#8220;I think the privatization is going to work out well,&#8221; as the airline expects to post positive results for the second year in a row, after posting a profit in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CEO of IAG, owner of British Airways and Iberia, Luis Gallego, said Wednesday that the upcoming privatization&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":105736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[603,230,269,380],"class_list":{"0":"post-144114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-aerolinea-en-2","9":"tag-airline","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-tap-2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TAP-Portugal.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Redacci\u00f3n - 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