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A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321neo in flight with landing gear down, showing the airline's red, green and white livery

TAP's Sale Price Climbs to Five Times Its 2015 Level as Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Table Binding Offers

A financial valuation circulating as binding offers fall due values the whole of TAP at €1.948bn–€2.073bn, about five times its 2015 privatisation. The 49.9% stake the State is selling would be worth an estimated €972m–€1,034.5m, with Air France-KLM and Lufthansa the two bidders left in the race.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jul 2026

An Azores Airlines Airbus jet parked on the apron at Ponta Delgada's Joao Paulo II Airport at dusk, with boarding stairs, ground vehicles and passengers alongside

The Azores Offer Their Airport Ground-Handling Arm for Sale, Ringing It With Job and Headquarters Guarantees

The Azores regional government has opened the sale of SATA Handling, the ground-services arm of the islands' airline group. Bidders need five years' experience and must keep the headquarters in the Azores and freeze job cuts for 30 months — a privatisation entirely separate from the TAP sale on the

The Portugal Brief 28 Jul 2026

A yellow INEM emergency medical helicopter parked on a hospital helipad in Portugal, with pine trees behind

Wrong Coordinates and a Cloud of Dust: Investigators Dissect the INEM Helicopter Accident at a Mondim de Basto Quarry

The GPIAAF's final report on the September 2024 INEM helicopter accident at a Mondim de Basto quarry finds wrong coordinates, an alternative landing site nobody told the crew about, and a dust-cloud brownout on final approach. All four aboard escaped with minor injuries.

The Portugal Brief 23 Jul 2026

A modern glass-topped air-traffic control tower rising above green vegetation against a clear blue sky

A Lisbon Tech Team Will Modernise Eurocontrol's DEMETER Navigation Tool as Satellite Jamming Spreads

GMV's Portuguese operation will migrate and maintain DEMETER, a Eurocontrol tool that helps aircraft navigate using ground-based beacons when satellite signals fail, under a contract running to 2030 — work that matters more as GPS jamming rises across Europe.

The Portugal Brief 18 Jul 2026

Mount Pico rising through mist over a lake on Pico Island in the Azores

Azores Airlines Adds Summer Flights Linking Lisbon to Faial and Pico

Azores Airlines is reinforcing its summer schedule between Lisbon and the central-group islands of Faial and Pico, adding flights to Pico on 8 and 29 August and to Horta on 15 August and 5 September to meet peak-season demand.

The Portugal Brief 15 Jul 2026

TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320 in green and red livery taxiing at Lisbon Airport

TAP Restarts Venezuela Flights on Monday, Rerouting to Valencia After June's Deadly Quakes

TAP resumes flights to Venezuela on Monday 13 July, landing at Valencia's Arturo Michelena airport after two June earthquakes shut Caracas's main gateway. Service restarts with one weekly flight — carrying 7.5 tonnes of Portuguese pharmaceuticals — for one of the world's largest Portuguese emigrant

The Portugal Brief 09 Jul 2026

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340 in the airline's red, green and white livery taxiing on an airport runway

A €6 Billion Buyout of easyJet Lands as Portugal Prepares to Sell a Stake in TAP

EasyJet has agreed a roughly GBP5.2 billion (EUR6.06 billion) takeover by US investment firm Castlelake, and Portuguese analysts say the deal signals healthy investor appetite for European airlines just as the government courts buyers for a 49.9% stake in TAP.

The Portugal Brief 07 Jul 2026

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