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TAP Portugal orders 14 A330-900neo and 39 A320neo Family aircraft
Portuguese national carrier TAP Portugal has signed a firm order with Airbus for 53 aircraft from the European manufacturer, it announced Nov. 13. The deal will see TAP Portugal taking 14 A330-900neo plus 39 A320neo family models, consisting of 15 A320neos and 24 A321neos. The carrier is already an all-Airbus customer, with a current fleet of 43 A320 family models (21 A319, 19 A320 and three A321s) plus 14 A330-200 and four A340-300 widebodies. (www.airbus.com) Más...
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This government-owned airline has only reported losses year after year some real huge ones. The government has tried to unload it through privatization at some point it appeared that German Efromovich's Avianca might get it but the government refused to do so and in a subsequent instance it was Brasil's Azul submitted the winning bid but nothing has been defined yet. But the question remains: who is going to pay for these anormous purchases, the government of Portugal? fat chance.
