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The Minister of Economy said today that the salaries paid in TAP are higher than those of other European airlines.
“In the case of TAP, it also adds that the salary charges it has and the salaries paid to many of its workers are also higher than what their counterparts and competitors support,” Pedro Siza Vieira said today at the subsequent press conference. to the social consultation meeting.
“All airlines have to make this effort because at the moment there are no passengers,” he stressed.
The minister said that the objective of the restructuring plan is to create “conditions for our airline to survive in the long term. all airlines in Europe are going through very deep restructuring processes ”.
The minister gave the example of Lufthansa, the “richest and most powerful” European airline, with salary cuts for pilots of around 45%, a reduction in the fleet and a reduction of 27% in jobs.
“TAP will need injections of public money, which is subject to authorization from the European Commission. The condition to allow it is the demonstration that TAP has long-term viability, ”said Siza Vieira.
“The Council of Ministers yesterday was evaluating the plan that will be presented tomorrow at the European Commission,” he concluded.
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