TAP Airbus plane in emergency landing in Paris
Passenger describes ‘smell of smoke in business class’ A TAP Airbus A320-214 plane suffered a technical problem this morning after setting off from Lisbon, requiring an emergency landing in Paris,
TAP parliamentary committee of inquiry votes today on final report
The TAP parliamentary committee of enquiry will be debating and voting today on the final text for its report. The outcry over the initial ‘whitewash’ drawn up by Ana Paula
PSD to vote against ‘whitewash’ preliminary report on TAP inquiry
Portugal’s main opposition party, PSD, will be voting against the preliminary report of the TAP committee of inquiry, widely trashed as “a complete whitewash”. Said the party’s coordinator Paulo Moniz
Chef Noélia Jerónimo promotes Algarve cuisine on TAP flights
“The goal is to value the connection to the sea and fishing” Algarve chef Noélia Jerónimo has been invited to prepare a special business class menu on the long-haul flights
TAP paid private school fees for directors’ children
State-owned company paid out between €15,000 and €36,000 per year On top of large salaries, four directors of TAP – now a fully State-owned company bailed out with €3.2 billion
PM awaits final report on TAP to assess political fallout
Parliamentary inquiry has now ended; final conclusions being prepared Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, is awaiting the final conclusions of the report of the TAP commission of inquiry to know
Ernst & Young, Finantia to asses TAP for privatisation
State company Parpública has hired Ernst & Young and Banco Finantia to carry out independent assessments of airline company TAP as part of the privatisation that is being prepared. In
60-day extension approved for TAP parliamentary inquiry
With time running out on the initial period given to the work of the parliamentary inquiry into management decisions at TAP airline, MPs on the commission have voted for a
TAP inquiry “no closer to discovering truth” following minister’s grilling
João Galamba’s testimony managed to involve other ministries, even the PM Yesterday’s long-awaited questioning of infrastructures minister João Galamba by the parliamentary commission tasked with unpicking the confusion of management
Sacked aide tells TAP inquiry his version of the ministry punch-up
Claims PM Costa and minister Galamba have “defamed him” The former aide of infrastructures minister João Galamba has been giving HIS version of the hugely conflicted story surrounding the ministerial