“…Costa said in a televised address that although the [scandal involving an irregular severance payment to a former executive board member of TAP] had affected the government’s image, he could not accept the resignation [of Portugal’s infrastructure minister Joao Galamba] as he believed Galamba was ‘not responsible for any failure,'” Reuters writes.
Related: Planned strike forces Portugal’s TAP to cancel 1,316 flights (January 2023)
TAP clients still have €203 million in pandemic-related vouchers (May 2022)