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Airlines

Portugal Won't Pick a Winner Yet — Lufthansa and Air France-KLM Both Advance to Final Round for TAP

Portugal's government has opened a final round of negotiations with both Lufthansa and Air France-KLM over a stake in TAP Air Portugal, after ruling their July bids too close in value to pick one now.

8 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal

Airports & Infrastructure

TSA Killed Its Secret Airport Security Privatization Plan — Then Launched a Bigger One

TSA scrapped its controversial Gold+ program after Tampa backed out and a union sued for records — but new administrator David Cummins is now expanding a decades-old program to as many as 220 airports.

28 August 2026 · 8 minRajkumar Agarwal