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British Airway Parent Leans Toward Dropping TAP Air Portugal Pursuit

Passengers board a TAP Air Portugal passenger jet at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

IAG SA is likely to abandon its pursuit of TAP Air Portugal, according to people familiar with the matter.

The parent of British Airways is leaning against buying a stake in the state-owned carrier after concluding that Portugal’s plan to sell only a minority holding wouldn’t fit the airline group’s strategy, the people said.