TAP accused of owing crews more than €12 million
With the management versus worker ding-dong continuing at embattled airline TAP, cabin crew syndicate SNPVAC has accused the company of owing its members “more than €12 million”. The latest round
TAP ordered to pay €122 million in refunds
“When a flight gets cancelled, passengers seeking refunds should be paid back promptly” – US Department of Transport The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has ordered Portugal’s airline TAP to
TAP re-privatisation “not fixed”: no talks ongoing with potential buyers
Were last week’s headlines just slick PR? After a great deal of media kerfuffle last week, Portugal’s minister for infrastructure and housing Pedro Nuno Santos has been forced to admit
CHEGA lodges embargo against reprivatisation of TAP
Portugal’s third political force CHEGA has lodged a ‘providência cautelar’ (embargo) against the Portuguese State to try and stop the sale of ‘flagship airline’ TAP. Party leader André Ventura explains
TAP staff vote to strike in spite of warnings this could spell “disaster”
All the positive soundbites on TAP earlier this week were very possibly focused on changing the minds of disgruntled staff which last night voted nonetheless for strike action in December.
TAP’s profits “don’t even cover interest on their debt”
Media puts yesterday’s PR exercise into perspective As the dust settles on all TAP’s ‘good news headlines’ of yesterday – there was even the declaration by CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener that
TAP turns a profit as British Airways owners become possible buyers
“Acquisition of TAP important for connections to South America”: IAG CEO From the depths of perceived disorganisation to a sudden plateau of new possibilities – Portugal’s flagship airline TAP has
‘History repeats itself’? Report on suspected illegalities at TAP ‘finally’ investigated
Commentator José Gomes Ferreira points to another “good Portuguese” example of nudge-nudge wink-wink SIC television news broke the story last night that “the ministers of finance and infrastructures have sent
TAP in yet another ‘oh so embarrassing scandal’
Accused of hiring CEO’s ‘personal friend’ on monthly salary of €15,000 TAP and its French CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener are back in the headlines today, over another ludicrously embarrassing ‘scandal’. The
TAP hack: personal details of President, PM and head of secret services “exposed on dark web”
The enormous embarrassment over the concerted ‘hack’ of TAP’s internal IT system has, it now transpires, led to personal data of the President of the Republic, the prime minister and