The Portuguese Government extended until the end of the year the deadline to conclude the privatization of TAP. The decision was announced by the Minister of the Presidency, Leitão Amaro, on Friday.
The Executive will begin final negotiations with the two candidates who submitted binding offers to purchase 44.9% of the airline.
The two competitors are Air France-KLM, of Franco-Dutch origin, and Lufthansa, from Germany.
The negotiations aim to finalize the sale of a significant stake in TAP, in a process that will now have more time to be concluded.




