“Certainly that Ryanair was not with the routes of TAP to lose money” – Express

The Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, said Tuesday that it is necessary to “see” what is the TAP because it “appears” that the Portuguese carrier is an “unidentified flying object and it is not Can be”. Faced with the question of how to interpret the fact that a private company, Ryanair, occupy a space that was once a Portuguese company, TAP, Rui Moreira said he saw the bet “with satisfaction, provided it is clear that costs taxpayers anything do Porto “.

” I was not at all surprised, I was pleased and corresponds to what we already believed that there would be those who occupy the space that is empty (…). we think it’s good business travel to Porto and think well that the market corresponding to this (…). Certainly that Ryanair does this route to losing money, “said Rui Moreira, adding that the new routes this private company should begin to take place in November.

the mayor still leaves most critical to the management of TAP dossier. “You can not rely on a few times that TAP is private and therefore makes the decision he wants, then when there are these issues mean that TAP is public. So it is public we pay with our taxes. It seems that TAP is an object . flying unidentified and that is that can not be we have to realize what it is, “said

.” Just bothers me a question: is that, for now, [TAP] is still flag carrier and this traffic on some routes is traffic that is not open to free competition. If tomorrow arise a company these any who wants to operate between Porto and a destination in Brazil, can not do it freely and we want the can, “he added .

the mayor spoke to reporters shortly after being placed in the municipality’s Web site for information about a meeting with Ryanair routes director to solve the routes abandoned by TAP Barcelona, ​​Milan, Brussels and Rome.

also Tuesday Ryanair announced at a press conference, additional flights from Porto to Barcelona, ​​Milan and Brussels routes that were suspended by TAP, and Madrid, as well as a new connection to Warsaw (Poland) from October.

in January, TAP announced it would suspend from 27 March 4 routes from Porto to Barcelona, ​​Milan, Brussels and Rome, and five other . Lisbon connecting to different European cities

the president of Puerto chamber also expects to have “within days” a “positive response” to the challenge that claims to have launched the Ryanair on Milan / Malpensa: “Malpensa despite having the same distance to the center of Milan to Bergamo, is located on the side of Milan that most concerns the Portuguese industrial mainly from the footwear and confection “he said.

and, according to the mayor, the interest of air carriers in relation to the port is not limited to Ryanair. “We know that Vueling is also moving forward with the strengthening of flights to Porto. We know that Easyjet is assessing it. It is very important that the market matches. This demonstrates the dynamics of a region that pulls the airport, an airport has a capacity for these private activities, “he said, refusing to speak in advance of the meeting to be Wednesday with Prime Minister António Costa, but it is the public that meeting of the theme is the” abandonment of TAP from Porto Airport. ”