"A disaster" is how the President of the Regional Government defines the effect the TAP strike will have during the 8th and 9th of December when 350 flights will be cancelled.
Posts tagged as “TAP-Air Portugal”
Thirteen young people, from the mainland (8) and Madeira (5), will travel for the first time as part of the TAP Air Portugal Flight Baptisms initiative.
This morning, media outlet 'Expresso' announced that the Minister for Infrastructure, Pedro Nuno Santos, had confirmed that TAP -Portugal has stated that as a 'creditor' it has requested that SPdH - Serviços Portugueses de Handling, SA (Groundforce) file for insolvency.
According to the recently released Stability Programme (PE), the Government of the Republic plans to inject 970 million euros into TAP this year, a measure classified as temporary and whose effect on public accounts will be reversed in 2022 and 2023. After the injection of this money during 2021, the Government forecasts that the effect of 170 million euros of this operation will be reversed in 2022, estimating the same for the remaining 800 million euros in 2023.
A further batch of 5,850 Pfizer arrived yesterday on a TAP flight. The vaccines are currently stored at an airport warehouse, and will be transported under Public Security Police (PSP) guard to the the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital tomorrow morning.
A TAP Portugal plane had trouble landing at Madeira's airport this morning, as the aircraft only briefly touched the tarmac before aborting the landing. It landed safely on its second attempt.
The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has given the State the green light in strengthening their stake in TAP through the acquisition of 22.5% of the company's capital, in addition to the 50% already held by Parpública _ Participacoes Publicas.
The Political Commission of the PSD (Social Democrats) of Porto Santo Island, has confirmed that TAP-Air Portugal will be operating a twice weekly, return flight from Lisbon to Porto Santo (Thursday and Sunday), from the 1st of November.
The National Union of Engineers, Technical Engineers and Architects (SNEET), warned today of the 'extremely negative' impact that the 'indiscriminate' reduction of essential contract workers, such as engineers, will have on the operational effectiveness of TAP - Air Portugal.
Testing has begun in earnest as the third flight this morning, a TAP flight transported 100 passengers from Lisbon, with 63 people undergoing Covid-19 testing when they arrived here.
MEP and Transport and Tourism Committee member, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, wrote to the European Commission (EC) this week, a letter which has been endorsed by the entire PSD (Social Democrat) delegation, asking the EC to provide answers as to why the the Government of Portugal was given the 'green light' to grant TAP - Air Portugal a loan totalling 1,200 million euros.