TAP airline CEO Luis Rodrigues (2R) accompanied by Lufthansa Executive President Carsten Spohr (L) and TAP airline Chairman Carlos Oliveira (C) are pictured during the signing of the contract for the partial privatization of the airline TAP Air Portugal, between the Portuguese state and the Lufthansa Group at TAP airline headquarters in Lisbon on November 3, 2026. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)