TAP [TP] privatisation thread
Aug 27, 2012, 2:50 am
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Aug 30, 2012, 8:38 am
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LATAM seems to be a good dea Portugal is well on the way to becoming a province of Brasil, why not go with the flow and retain lusaphone links through the merger of the provincial and metropolitan flag carrier?
Sep 18, 2012, 2:18 am
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The first round of bids were due friday 14th. According to the WSJ Luthansa and IAG are out of the race.
And according to, Portuguese newspaper Publico, there were only 3 companies bidding, being Avianca one of them [PT link only]
GBM
And according to, Portuguese newspaper Publico, there were only 3 companies bidding, being Avianca one of them [PT link only]
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Sep 18, 2012, 10:19 am
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The first round of bids were due friday 14th. According to the WSJ Luthansa and IAG are out of the race.
And according to, Portuguese newspaper Publico, there were only 3 companies bidding, being Avianca one of them [PT link only]
GBM
And according to, Portuguese newspaper Publico, there were only 3 companies bidding, being Avianca one of them [PT link only]
GBM
Sep 18, 2012, 2:41 pm
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Avianca has announced that they are out of the race after all. Source: Diário Económico, via Bloomberg.
Source: Jornal de Negócios.
Sep 21, 2012, 5:42 am
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For those interested, and who can read Portuguese, the law that establishes the privatization procedure of TAP has been published today in the official journal: http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2012/09/18400/0533505338.pdf.
Oct 1, 2012, 2:06 am
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Gérman Efromovich, chairman of Avianca Taca, has now clarified that Avianca isn't running for the bid, but that the holding Synergy Group is actually one of the competitors.
Source: Jornal de Negócios.
Source: Jornal de Negócios.
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Oct 18, 2012, 1:04 pm
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Nov 10, 2012, 3:33 am
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Very quickly, I hope. 
This could become the solution for the replacement of my SEN card with another *A Gold.
I have to re-qualify for SEN in 2013, and it's just not worth it anymore. I'll get almost the same advantages with *Gold. And Lifemiles looked interesting, but geographically not very convenient. (Victoria OTH is not even worth mentioning...
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This could become the solution for the replacement of my SEN card with another *A Gold.I have to re-qualify for SEN in 2013, and it's just not worth it anymore. I'll get almost the same advantages with *Gold. And Lifemiles looked interesting, but geographically not very convenient. (Victoria OTH is not even worth mentioning...
)
Nov 10, 2012, 7:26 am
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Can't quite see how they could become a majority shareholder given the regulatory issues. Control over the airline would have to remain in European hands if TAP is not to lose traffic rights left, right and centre. I suspect that this might run for a while before a satisfactory solution is found.
Nov 10, 2012, 11:13 am
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Can't quite see how they could become a majority shareholder given the regulatory issues. Control over the airline would have to remain in European hands if TAP is not to lose traffic rights left, right and centre. I suspect that this might run for a while before a satisfactory solution is found.