Angolan airline TAAG says looking for partner

21-Oct-2009
 

LUANDA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - TAAG Angola Airlines said on Wednesday it could soon pick a partner to help it develop its business, after receiving several offers from other airlines interested in linking up with the state-owned airline. Angola's Transport Minister Augusto Tomas said in January that Lufthansa, Brussels Air, British Airways, Air France-KLM and Portugal's TAP were interested in TAAG, which recently resumed flights to the European Union. The European Commission lifted the ban -- imposed on TAAG in 2007 due to safety concerns -- in July, but only for certain flights from the African nation to Portugal. 'It is now up to us to... [read full story]                    

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