'Stable solution' for Portugal's TAP expected soon, PM says

Portugal expects to announce a “stable solution” for flag carrier TAP soon, PM Antonio Costa said on Wednesday, a day after another government minister did not rule out nationalisation of the airline. Weekly newspaper Expresso reported Tuesday that the government would submit a decree to the country’s president to nationalise TAP after failing to agree with TAP’s private shareholders Atlantic Gateway on a E1.2b state rescue loan. “I’m sure that, if not today, in the coming days, we will have a solution,” Costa told a news conference. “If I had to make a bet, I would say today.” He did not provide further details.<br/>