Transportation

Portugal Kicks Off Plan to Sell 49.9% Stake in Carrier TAP

A TAP Air Portugal passenger aircraft at Lisbon Airport.

Photographer: Zed Jameson/Bloomberg

Portugal plans to sell a 49.9% stake in TAP SA, its latest attempt to privatize Europe’s largest wholly state-owned airline.

Of the stake being sold, 5% will be for TAP workers, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on Thursday. The remaining 44.9% can be bought by one or more investors, he said.