The emergency plan that the Government asked the TAP should not include dismissals, said on Wednesday the Minister of Economy.
“I have not spoken redundancies. This strike despite not having been successful cost € 35 million to TAP, more debt [...] .Pedimos the administration of TAP to present us a cost containment plan and a business plan that allows, with this deficit of 35 million euros, maintaining its activity and not affect the lives of workers, “said António Pires de Lima, on the sidelines of the commemorative lecture the 80 ICC Birthday -. International Chamber of Commerce
The minister justified “that this effort had to be asked,” because the TAP was already a very tense financial situation and finds It has now “a very fine line from the point of view of liquidity (…) with this extra cost of 35 million euros”, caused by the strike of ten days of some riders.
When asked again about the event that there are redundancies in the airline, Pires de Lima said: “We will wait for what will be the administration’s plan, what it takes is to preserve cash within what is possible within the TAP during the next few months, so there is no kind of disruption, particularly the commitments that are made to people. ”
Pires de Lima him even new words to the Union of Civil Aviation Pilots considering “truly regrettable” that under a “cash already delicate” has been added this issue of € 35 million and “more deplorable although this union leadership boast of having created this prejudice. ”
“It actually be playing with fire,” he said.
During his speech at the conference, the Minister of Economy said that “the coming weeks” will be known “more news relevant international investors who will give notice of their investments in Portugal.”
However, asked about these investors, Pires de Lima did not say who they are or that of areas not only have nothing to do with the privatization of TAP.
“It relates to other investments, in time (to know), I will not mention any area,” he said.
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